Pine Lake

Pine 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 Pine 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 Pine Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.04450, -89.24240. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pine Lake

• Mount Pulaski Courthouse · fort · Logan · ~7 km · Must-see
• Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church · church · Logan · ~19 km · Must-see
• Edward R. Madigan State Fish and Wildlife Area · park · Logan · ~19 km · Must-see
• Heritage in Flight Museum · museum · Logan · ~19 km · Must-see
• Logan Courthouse Square Historic District · park · Logan · ~19 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park · sanctuary · Macon · ~37 km · Must-see
• Rock Springs Conservation Area · sanctuary · Macon · ~39 km · Must-see
• Lake Decatur · lake · Macon · ~45 km · Must-see
• Scovill Park · park · Macon · ~46 km · Must-see
• Carpenter Park · sanctuary · Sangamon · ~48 km · Must-see
• Illinois State Fairgrounds · park · Sangamon · ~52 km · Must-see
• Clinton Lake · lake · DeWitt · ~52 km · Must-see
• Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary · sanctuary · Sangamon · ~52 km · Must-see
• Colonel Matthew Rogers Building · fort · Menard · ~53 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Tomb · fort · Sangamon · ~54 km · Must-see
• Bust of Abraham Lincoln · attraction · Sangamon · ~54 km · Must-see
• Edwards Place Historic Home · fort · Sangamon · ~54 km · Must-see
• Illinois Korean War Memorial · fort · Sangamon · ~55 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Pine Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Pine Lake

• Lake Decatur · lake · Macon · ~45 km · Must-see
• Clinton Lake · lake · DeWitt · ~52 km · Must-see
• Sangchris Lake Dam · lake · Sangamon · ~60 km · Must-see
• Lake Springfield · lake · Sangamon · ~62 km · Must-see
• Lake Taylorville Dam · lake · Christian · ~71 km · Must-see
• Evergreen Lake Dam · lake · Woodford · ~86 km · Must-see
• Pekin Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area · lake · Tazewell · ~89 km · Must-see
• Lake Bloomington · lake · McLean · ~90 km · Must-see
• Peoria Pool · lake · Peoria · ~91 km · Must-see
• Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area · lake · Fulton · ~93 km · Must-see

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