Hickory Lake

Hickory 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 Hickory 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 Hickory Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.73277, -93.10932. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Hickory Lake

• SPAM Museum · museum · Mower · ~16 km · Must-see
• East Side Lake Park · lake · Mower · ~18 km · Must-see
• Jay C Hormel Nature Center · park · Mower · ~19 km · Must-see
• Pickerel Lake Park · lake · Freeborn · ~33 km · Must-see
• Steele County Free Fair · lake · Steele · ~48 km · Must-see
• Wells Fargo · sanctuary · Steele · ~50 km · Must-see
• Minnesota State School Orphanage Museum · museum · Steele · ~51 km · Must-see
• Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo · park · Pepin · ~67 km · Must-see
• Remund Lake · lake · Rice · ~72 km · Must-see
• Knutsen Lake · lake · Waseca · ~73 km · Must-see
• Mower County Fairgrounds · sanctuary · Mower · ~15 km
• Geneva Lake Dam · lake · Freeborn · ~17 km
• Log Cabin · museum · Mower · ~19 km
• Sugar Shack · museum · Mower · ~19 km
• Community Lutheran Church · church · Freeborn · ~20 km
• Rickert Lake · lake · Steele · ~25 km
• Faith Baptist Church · church · Freeborn · ~27 km
• Grace Lutheran Church · church · Freeborn · ~27 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Hickory Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Hickory Lake

• East Side Lake Park · lake · Mower · ~18 km · Must-see
• Pickerel Lake Park · lake · Freeborn · ~33 km · Must-see
• Steele County Free Fair · lake · Steele · ~48 km · Must-see
• Remund Lake · lake · Rice · ~72 km · Must-see
• Knutsen Lake · lake · Waseca · ~73 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Lake · lake · Faribault · ~76 km · Must-see
• Toners Lake · lake · Waseca · ~78 km · Must-see
• Cannon Lake · lake · Rice · ~78 km · Must-see
• Wells Lake · lake · Rice · ~81 km · Must-see
• Lake Elysian · lake · Waseca · ~83 km · Must-see

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