Main Impoundment

Main Impoundment: 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 Impoundment

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 Impoundment — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.67173, -79.17476. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Main Impoundment

• Jimmy Stewart Statue · museum · Indiana · ~7 km · Must-see
• Lake Keystone · lake · Armstrong · ~16 km · Must-see
• Yellow Creek State Park · sanctuary · Indiana · ~21 km · Must-see
• Ghost Town Trail · trek · Indiana · ~33 km · Must-see
• Crooked Creek Lake Recreation Area · lake · Armstrong · ~35 km · Must-see
• Buttermilk Falls Natural Area · waterfall · Indiana · ~37 km · Must-see
• Squirrel Hill Site · fort · Westmoreland · ~42 km · Must-see
• Loyalhanna Lake National Recreation Area · lake · Westmoreland · ~42 km · Must-see
• Gobbler's Knob · park · Jefferson · ~43 km · Must-see
• State Game Lands Number 247 · sanctuary · Armstrong · ~43 km · Must-see
• State Game Lands Number 137 · sanctuary · Armstrong · ~47 km · Must-see
• Keystone State Park · park · Westmoreland · ~47 km · Must-see
• Beaver Run Reservoir · lake · Westmoreland · ~49 km · Must-see
• Wagner-Ritter House · museum · Cambria · ~53 km · Must-see
• State Game Lands Number 31 · sanctuary · Jefferson · ~53 km · Must-see
• Stackhouse Park · park · Cambria · ~54 km · Must-see
• Johnstown Inclined Plane · fort · Cambria · ~55 km · Must-see
• Johnstown Flood Museum · museum · Cambria · ~55 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Main Impoundment

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Main Impoundment

• Lake Keystone · lake · Armstrong · ~16 km · Must-see
• Crooked Creek Lake Recreation Area · lake · Armstrong · ~35 km · Must-see
• Loyalhanna Lake National Recreation Area · lake · Westmoreland · ~42 km · Must-see
• Beaver Run Reservoir · lake · Westmoreland · ~49 km · Must-see
• Quemahoning Reservoir · lake · Somerset · ~73 km · Must-see
• Curwensville Lake · lake · Clearfield · ~77 km · Must-see
• Curwensville Dam · lake · Clearfield · ~79 km · Must-see
• Lake Altoona Dam · lake · Blair · ~80 km · Must-see
• Lake Sabula Dam · lake · Clearfield · ~86 km · Must-see
• Panther Hollow Lake · lake · Allegheny · ~88 km · Must-see

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