Windmill Lake

Windmill 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 Windmill 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 Windmill Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.84942, -102.67981. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Windmill Lake

• Alliance Baptist Church · church · Box Butte · ~40 km · Must-see
• Carhenge · attraction · Box Butte · ~45 km · Must-see
• Bridgeport State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Morrill · ~50 km · Must-see
• Chimney Rock National Historic Site · sanctuary · Morrill · ~71 km · Must-see
• Hiers Lake · lake · Sheridan · ~28 km
• Reilly Hill · viewpoint · Morrill · ~30 km
• Cowboy Hill · viewpoint · Morrill · ~30 km
• Antioch Potash Boom-Town Historical Marker · park · Sheridan · ~32 km
• Lane Lake · lake · Sheridan · ~33 km
• Old Lady Beam Hill · viewpoint · Garden · ~34 km
• Ashburger Lake · lake · Sheridan · ~35 km
• Crescent Lake Dam · lake · Garden · ~36 km
• Hancock Lake · lake · Sheridan · ~38 km
• Bower Park · sanctuary · Box Butte · ~39 km
• Cook Lake · lake · Sheridan · ~39 km
• Knight Museum and Sandhills Center · museum · Box Butte · ~40 km
• Central Park · sanctuary · Box Butte · ~40 km
• City of Alliance Central Park Fountain · fort · Box Butte · ~41 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Windmill Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Windmill Lake

• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~95 km · Must-see
• East Gering Drain Dam · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~95 km · Must-see
• Lake McConaughy · lake · Keith · ~121 km · Must-see
• George P Kingsley Dam · lake · Keith · ~135 km · Must-see
• Hiers Lake · lake · Sheridan · ~28 km
• Lane Lake · lake · Sheridan · ~33 km
• Ashburger Lake · lake · Sheridan · ~35 km
• Crescent Lake Dam · lake · Garden · ~36 km
• Hancock Lake · lake · Sheridan · ~38 km
• Cook Lake · lake · Sheridan · ~39 km

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