Zooks Dam

Zooks Dam: 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 Zooks Dam

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 Zooks Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.55758, -77.43082. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Zooks Dam

• Lewistown Armory · attraction · Mifflin · ~15 km · Must-see
• Fort Granville · fort · Mifflin · ~19 km · Must-see
• Reeds Gap State Park · park · Mifflin · ~24 km · Must-see
• Tuscarora State Forest · sanctuary · Perry · ~28 km · Must-see
• Little Buffalo State Park · park · Perry · ~30 km · Must-see
• Big Flat · viewpoint · Mifflin · ~34 km · Must-see
• Hoverter and Sholl Box Huckleberry Natural Area · sanctuary · Perry · ~34 km · Must-see
• Conococheague Mountain · viewpoint · Perry · ~35 km · Must-see
• Tall Timbers Natural Area · sanctuary · Snyder · ~35 km · Must-see
• Penn-Roosevelt State Park · park · Centre · ~37 km · Must-see
• Greenwood Furnace State Park · park · Huntingdon · ~37 km · Must-see
• Poe Valley State Park · sanctuary · Centre · ~37 km · Must-see
• Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area · sanctuary · Snyder · ~38 km · Must-see
• Stone Mountain · viewpoint · Mifflin · ~38 km · Must-see
• Jacks Mountain · viewpoint · Snyder · ~38 km · Must-see
• Colonel Denning State Park · sanctuary · Cumberland · ~38 km · Must-see
• Poe Paddy State Park · sanctuary · Centre · ~38 km · Must-see
• Jacks Mountain · viewpoint · Mifflin · ~38 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Zooks Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Zooks Dam

• Walker Lake (Pennsylvania) · lake · Snyder · ~43 km · Must-see
• University Dam · lake · Huntingdon · ~53 km · Must-see
• Warrior Ridge Dam · lake · Huntingdon · ~64 km · Must-see
• Halfway Dam · lake · Union · ~65 km · Must-see
• Italian Lake Park · lake · Dauphin · ~67 km · Must-see
• McCalls Dam State Park · lake · Centre · ~69 km · Must-see
• Foster Joseph Sayers Dam · lake · Centre · ~71 km · Must-see
• Reservoir Park · lake · Dauphin · ~73 km · Must-see
• Laurel Lake · lake · Cumberland · ~74 km · Must-see
• Fuller Lake · lake · Cumberland · ~75 km · Must-see

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