Main Pool

Main Pool: 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 Main Pool

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 Main Pool — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.05166, -95.25025. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Main Pool

• Big Lake · lake · Doniphan · ~10 km · Must-see
• Big Lake · lake · Holt · ~12 km · Must-see
• Brown State Fishing Lake Dam · lake · Brown · ~32 km · Must-see
• Itha T. Krumme Memorial Arboretum · park · Richardson · ~39 km · Must-see
• Indian Cave · cave · Richardson · ~39 km · Must-see
• Fort Plymouth · fort · Brown · ~51 km · Must-see
• Nodaway County Historical Society · museum · Nodaway · ~57 km · Must-see
• Missouri State Arboretum · park · Nodaway · ~57 km · Must-see
• Cathedral of St. Joseph · church · Doniphan · ~58 km · Must-see
• Pony Express Museum · museum · Doniphan · ~59 km · Must-see
• Albrecht-Kemper Museum · museum · Doniphan · ~59 km · Must-see
• Glore Psychiatric Museum · museum · Doniphan · ~61 km · Must-see
• Captain Meriwether Lewis · museum · Nemaha · ~64 km · Must-see
• Mozingo Lake Dam · lake · Nodaway · ~65 km · Must-see
• Conception Abbey · church · Nodaway · ~66 km · Must-see
• Ebenezer Baptist Church · church · Atchison · ~68 km · Must-see
• Sallie House · attraction · Atchison · ~69 km · Must-see
• Campbell Chapel AME Church · church · Atchison · ~69 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Main Pool

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Main Pool

• Big Lake · lake · Doniphan · ~10 km · Must-see
• Big Lake · lake · Holt · ~12 km · Must-see
• Brown State Fishing Lake Dam · lake · Brown · ~32 km · Must-see
• Mozingo Lake Dam · lake · Nodaway · ~65 km · Must-see
• Bean Lake · lake · Atchison · ~83 km · Must-see
• Lake of Three Fires State Park · lake · Taylor · ~110 km · Must-see
• Smithville Lake · lake · Clinton · ~114 km · Must-see
• Smithville Lake · lake · Wyandotte · ~118 km · Must-see
• Perry Lake · lake · Jefferson · ~123 km · Must-see
• Viking Lake State Park · lake · Montgomery · ~130 km · Must-see

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