Dead Lake

Dead Lake: 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 Dead Lake

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 Dead Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.10054, -90.79765. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Dead Lake

• Limery Ridge Savanna State Natural Area · sanctuary · Clayton · ~34 km · Must-see
• Fort Crawford · museum · Clayton · ~36 km · Must-see
• Wyalusing State Park · sanctuary · Grant · ~36 km · Must-see
• Pikes Peak State Park · sanctuary · Clayton · ~40 km · Must-see
• Effigy Mounds National Monument · sanctuary · Clayton · ~42 km · Must-see
• Lake Winneshiek · lake · Allamakee · ~43 km · Must-see
• Sylvan · viewpoint · Richland · ~48 km · Must-see
• Jones Arboretum and Botanical Gardens · sanctuary · Allamakee · ~51 km · Must-see
• Bussey Lake · lake · Clayton · ~52 km · Must-see
• Spook Cave · cave · Clayton · ~53 km · Must-see
• Nelson Dewey State Park · sanctuary · Grant · ~56 km · Must-see
• Mount Hosmer · viewpoint · Allamakee · ~57 km · Must-see
• Turkey River Mounds State Preserve · sanctuary · Clayton · ~59 km · Must-see
• Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge · sanctuary · Allamakee · ~59 km · Must-see
• Lansing Big Lake · lake · Allamakee · ~60 km · Must-see
• Platte Mound M · attraction · Lafayette · ~61 km · Must-see
• Belmont Mound State Park · sanctuary · Lafayette · ~65 km · Must-see
• Governor Dodge State Park · sanctuary · Iowa · ~70 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Dead Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Dead Lake

• Lake Winneshiek · lake · Allamakee · ~43 km · Must-see
• Bussey Lake · lake · Clayton · ~52 km · Must-see
• Lansing Big Lake · lake · Allamakee · ~60 km · Must-see
• Dam No. 11 · lake · Grant · ~79 km · Must-see
• O'Leary Lake · lake · Dubuque · ~80 km · Must-see
• Frentress Lake · lake · Dubuque · ~91 km · Must-see
• Yellowstone Lake State Park · lake · Lafayette · ~95 km · Must-see
• Lake Redstone · lake · Sauk · ~100 km · Must-see
• Lake Galena · lake · Jackson · ~107 km · Must-see
• Target Lake · lake · La Crosse · ~108 km · Must-see

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