Pot Holes

Pot Holes: 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 Pot Holes

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 Pot Holes — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.22498, -113.71016. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pot Holes

• Mount Independence · viewpoint · Cassia · ~5 km · Must-see
• Cache Peak;Independence Mountain · viewpoint · Cassia · ~7 km · Must-see
• Thunder Mountain · viewpoint · Cassia · ~12 km · Must-see
• Mount Harrison · viewpoint · Cassia · ~13 km · Must-see
• Graham Peak · viewpoint · Cassia · ~14 km · Must-see
• City of Rocks National Reserve · sanctuary · Cassia · ~21 km · Must-see
• Smoky Mountain · viewpoint · Cassia · ~23 km · Must-see
• Lower Goose Creek Reservoir · lake · Cassia · ~23 km · Must-see
• Upper Raft River Valley · viewpoint · Cassia · ~32 km · Must-see
• George Peak · viewpoint · Box Elder · ~52 km · Must-see
• Bull Mountain · viewpoint · Box Elder · ~56 km · Must-see
• Black Pine Peak · viewpoint · Cassia · ~62 km · Must-see
• Crystal Peak · viewpoint · Box Elder · ~66 km · Must-see
• Lake Walcott State Park · lake · Minidoka · ~67 km · Must-see
• Black Pine Cone · viewpoint · Cassia · ~70 km · Must-see
• Raft River Valley · viewpoint · Blaine · ~72 km · Must-see
• KCIR-FM (Twin Falls) · waterfall · Cassia · ~19 km
• Oakley Dam · lake · Cassia · ~22 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Pot Holes

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Pot Holes

• Lower Goose Creek Reservoir · lake · Cassia · ~23 km · Must-see
• Lake Walcott State Park · lake · Minidoka · ~67 km · Must-see
• Oakley Dam · lake · Cassia · ~22 km
• Murtaugh Lake County Park · lake · Twin Falls · ~58 km
• Minidoka Dam · lake · Cassia · ~65 km
• Sublett Dam · lake · Cassia · ~70 km
• Williams Reservoir · lake · Twin Falls · ~74 km
• Williams Dam · lake · Twin Falls · ~74 km
• Bill Reservoir · lake · Lincoln · ~84 km
• Thrush Reservoir · lake · Lincoln · ~86 km

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