Pike Lake

Pike Lake: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Pike Lake

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Pike Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.05699, -90.18401. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pike Lake

• Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Cass · ~12 km · Must-see
• Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Cass · ~16 km · Must-see
• Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak · sanctuary · Mason · ~20 km · Must-see
• Anderson Lake State Conservation Area · lake · Fulton · ~20 km · Must-see
• Rockwell Mound · fort · Mason · ~37 km · Must-see
• Revis Hill Prairie Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Mason · ~38 km · Must-see
• Ogden-Fettie Site · fort · Fulton · ~40 km · Must-see
• Dickson Mounds · fort · Fulton · ~41 km · Must-see
• Meredosia Island · lake · Cass · ~46 km · Must-see
• Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Mason · ~49 km · Must-see
• Colonel Matthew Rogers Building · fort · Menard · ~51 km · Must-see
• Sangamon River State Natural Area · sanctuary · Sangamon · ~51 km · Must-see
• Lake Jacksonville Dam · lake · Morgan · ~54 km · Must-see
• Sand Ridge State Forest · sanctuary · Mason · ~57 km · Must-see
• Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area · lake · Fulton · ~63 km · Must-see
• Illinois Korean War Memorial · fort · Sangamon · ~65 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Tomb · fort · Sangamon · ~65 km · Must-see
• Bust of Abraham Lincoln · attraction · Sangamon · ~65 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Pike Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Pike Lake

• Anderson Lake State Conservation Area · lake · Fulton · ~20 km · Must-see
• Meredosia Island · lake · Cass · ~46 km · Must-see
• Lake Jacksonville Dam · lake · Morgan · ~54 km · Must-see
• Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area · lake · Fulton · ~63 km · Must-see
• Waverly Lake · lake · Morgan · ~65 km · Must-see
• Canton Lake · lake · Fulton · ~75 km · Must-see
• Lake Springfield · lake · Sangamon · ~75 km · Must-see
• Little Swan Lake · lake · Des Moines · ~93 km · Must-see
• Sangchris Lake Dam · lake · Sangamon · ~94 km · Must-see
• Otter Lake Dam · lake · Macoupin · ~95 km · Must-see

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