Turtle Pond

Turtle Pond: 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 Turtle Pond

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 Turtle Pond — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.67857, -88.29460. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Turtle Pond

• Lake Iroquois · lake · Iroquois · ~29 km · Must-see
• Bayles Lake · lake · Iroquois · ~30 km · Must-see
• Weston Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve · sanctuary · McLean · ~35 km · Must-see
• Moraine View State Recreation Area · sanctuary · McLean · ~60 km · Must-see
• Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve · lake · Champaign · ~67 km · Must-see
• Museum of the Grand Prairie · museum · Champaign · ~67 km · Must-see
• Maybery Gelvin Botanical Garden · sanctuary · Champaign · ~67 km · Must-see
• Lake Bloomington · lake · McLean · ~67 km · Must-see
• Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Grundy · ~72 km · Must-see
• Hindu Temple of Bloomington-Normal · temple · McLean · ~73 km · Must-see
• Fairbury Echoes · museum · Livingston · ~25 km
• First Christian Church · church · Ford · ~30 km
• Widner Lake Dam · lake · Iroquois · ~31 km
• Loda Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Iroquois · ~31 km
• American Lutheran Church · church · Ford · ~32 km
• Immanuel Lutheran Church · church · Iroquois · ~33 km
• Loda United Methodist Church · church · Iroquois · ~33 km
• Immanuel Church · church · McLean · ~33 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Turtle Pond

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Turtle Pond

• Lake Iroquois · lake · Iroquois · ~29 km · Must-see
• Bayles Lake · lake · Iroquois · ~30 km · Must-see
• Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve · lake · Champaign · ~67 km · Must-see
• Lake Bloomington · lake · McLean · ~67 km · Must-see
• Evergreen Lake Dam · lake · Woodford · ~80 km · Must-see
• Clinton Lake · lake · DeWitt · ~87 km · Must-see
• LaSalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area · lake · LaSalle · ~87 km · Must-see
• J C Murphy Lake Dam · lake · Newton · ~91 km · Must-see
• Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area · lake · Grundy · ~95 km · Must-see
• Heidecke Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area · lake · Grundy · ~96 km · Must-see

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