Pelican Pool

Pelican 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 Pelican 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 Pelican Pool — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.06444, -95.25525. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pelican Pool

• Big Lake · lake · Doniphan · ~10 km · Must-see
• Big Lake · lake · Holt · ~11 km · Must-see
• Brown State Fishing Lake Dam · lake · Brown · ~33 km · Must-see
• Indian Cave · cave · Richardson · ~38 km · Must-see
• Itha T. Krumme Memorial Arboretum · park · Richardson · ~38 km · Must-see
• Fort Plymouth · fort · Brown · ~51 km · Must-see
• Nodaway County Historical Society · museum · Nodaway · ~56 km · Must-see
• Missouri State Arboretum · park · Nodaway · ~56 km · Must-see
• Cathedral of St. Joseph · church · Doniphan · ~60 km · Must-see
• Pony Express Museum · museum · Doniphan · ~61 km · Must-see
• Albrecht-Kemper Museum · museum · Doniphan · ~61 km · Must-see
• Captain Meriwether Lewis · museum · Nemaha · ~62 km · Must-see
• Glore Psychiatric Museum · museum · Doniphan · ~62 km · Must-see
• Mozingo Lake Dam · lake · Nodaway · ~64 km · Must-see
• Conception Abbey · church · Nodaway · ~66 km · Must-see
• Ebenezer Baptist Church · church · Atchison · ~70 km · Must-see
• Sallie House · attraction · Atchison · ~71 km · Must-see
• Campbell Chapel AME Church · church · Atchison · ~71 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Pelican Pool

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Pelican Pool

• Big Lake · lake · Doniphan · ~10 km · Must-see
• Big Lake · lake · Holt · ~11 km · Must-see
• Brown State Fishing Lake Dam · lake · Brown · ~33 km · Must-see
• Mozingo Lake Dam · lake · Nodaway · ~64 km · Must-see
• Bean Lake · lake · Atchison · ~84 km · Must-see
• Lake of Three Fires State Park · lake · Taylor · ~109 km · Must-see
• Smithville Lake · lake · Clinton · ~116 km · Must-see
• Smithville Lake · lake · Wyandotte · ~120 km · Must-see
• Perry Lake · lake · Jefferson · ~124 km · Must-see
• Viking Lake State Park · lake · Montgomery · ~128 km · Must-see

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