Oval Lake

Oval 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 Oval 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 Oval Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 45.33285, -121.49775. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Oval Lake

• Lookout Mountain · viewpoint · Hood River · ~3 km · Must-see
• Mount Hood National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Hood River · ~5 km · Must-see
• Barlow Ridge · viewpoint · Hood River · ~18 km · Must-see
• Newton Clark Glacier · viewpoint · Hood River · ~18 km · Must-see
• Eliot Glacier · viewpoint · Hood River · ~19 km · Must-see
• Langille Glacier · viewpoint · Hood River · ~20 km · Must-see
• White River Glacier · viewpoint · Hood River · ~20 km · Must-see
• Mount Hood · viewpoint · Hood River · ~20 km · Must-see
• Coalman Glacier · viewpoint · Hood River · ~20 km · Must-see
• Palmer Glacier · viewpoint · Clackamas · ~20 km · Must-see
• Coe Glacier · viewpoint · Hood River · ~21 km · Must-see
• Little Zigzag Falls · waterfall · Clackamas · ~21 km · Must-see
• Ladd Glacier · viewpoint · Hood River · ~22 km · Must-see
• Glisan Glacier · viewpoint · Hood River · ~22 km · Must-see
• Sandy Glacier · viewpoint · Clackamas · ~22 km · Must-see
• Reid Glacier · viewpoint · Clackamas · ~22 km · Must-see
• Frog Lake Buttes · lake · Wasco · ~23 km · Must-see
• Pine Hollow Dam · lake · Wasco · ~24 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Oval Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Oval Lake

• Frog Lake Buttes · lake · Wasco · ~23 km · Must-see
• Pine Hollow Dam · lake · Wasco · ~24 km · Must-see
• Trillium Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~25 km · Must-see
• Mirror Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~29 km · Must-see
• Clear Lake · lake · Wasco · ~30 km · Must-see
• Burnt Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~30 km · Must-see
• Little Crater Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~36 km · Must-see
• Bull Run Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~37 km · Must-see
• Lost Lake · lake · Skamania · ~38 km · Must-see
• Timothy Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~40 km · Must-see

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