Blue Hole

Blue Hole: 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 Blue Hole

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 Blue Hole — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.19698, -90.00872. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Blue Hole

• Tower Hill State Park · sanctuary · Iowa · ~7 km · Must-see
• Badger Valley · viewpoint · Iowa · ~8 km · Must-see
• Taliesin · sanctuary · Iowa · ~10 km · Must-see
• Unity Chapel · church · Iowa · ~10 km · Must-see
• Big Hollow · viewpoint · Sauk · ~11 km · Must-see
• Hyde Congregational Church · church · Iowa · ~18 km · Must-see
• Mazo Beach · beach · Dane · ~20 km · Must-see
• Natural Bridge State Park · sanctuary · Sauk · ~22 km · Must-see
• Honey Creek State Natural Area · waterfall · Sauk · ~24 km · Must-see
• Pleasant Valley Conservancy State Natural Area · sanctuary · Dane · ~24 km · Must-see
• Governor Dodge State Park · sanctuary · Iowa · ~26 km · Must-see
• Blue Mound State Park · sanctuary · Iowa · ~29 km · Must-see
• Blue Mounds Fort · fort · Dane · ~31 km · Must-see
• Little Norway · attraction · Dane · ~32 km · Must-see
• Dr. Evermor's Park · park · Sauk · ~33 km · Must-see
• Dodge's Grove and Fort Union · fort · Iowa · ~41 km · Must-see
• Spirit Lake · lake · Sauk · ~41 km · Must-see
• Ableman's Gorge State Natural Area · sanctuary · Sauk · ~41 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Blue Hole

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Blue Hole

• Spirit Lake · lake · Sauk · ~41 km · Must-see
• Lake Wisconsin · lake · Sauk · ~48 km · Must-see
• Mirror Lake State Park · lake · Sauk · ~54 km · Must-see
• Lake Redstone · lake · Sauk · ~57 km · Must-see
• Yellowstone Lake State Park · lake · Lafayette · ~59 km · Must-see
• Lake Delton · lake · Sauk · ~60 km · Must-see
• Lake Mendota · lake · Dane · ~60 km · Must-see
• Chapman Lake · lake · Sauk · ~61 km · Must-see
• Lost Lake State Natural Area · lake · Columbia · ~62 km · Must-see
• Lake Wingra · lake · Dane · ~63 km · Must-see

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