Clear Lake

Clear 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 Clear 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 Clear Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.73905, -118.11928. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Clear Lake

• Palouse Falls · waterfall · Whitman · ~14 km · Must-see
• Marmes Rockshelter · fort · Franklin · ~19 km · Must-see
• Lyons Ferry State Park · sanctuary · Franklin · ~22 km · Must-see
• Lake West Dam · lake · Franklin · ~23 km · Must-see
• Columbia Plateau Trail State Park · sanctuary · Adams · ~24 km · Must-see
• Lewis & Clark Trail State Park · sanctuary · Columbia · ~63 km · Must-see
• Lower Granite Lake Dam · lake · Garfield · ~67 km · Must-see
• Sprague Lake · lake · Lincoln · ~73 km · Must-see
• Lake Sacajawea · lake · Franklin · ~73 km · Must-see
• Rock Lake · lake · Whitman · ~74 km · Must-see
• Palouse Falls State Park · waterfall · Franklin · ~15 km
• Canyon Grain Bins · fort · Whitman · ~16 km
• Towell Falls · waterfall · Whitman · ~38 km
• Rock Creek Recreation Site · sanctuary · Adams · ~42 km
• Kahlotus Ridgetop Natural Area Preserve · sanctuary · Franklin · ~42 km
• Revere Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Whitman · ~51 km
• Ritzville Water Park · park · Adams · ~58 km
• N. H. Greene House · fort · Adams · ~59 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Clear Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Clear Lake

• Lake West Dam · lake · Franklin · ~23 km · Must-see
• Lower Granite Lake Dam · lake · Garfield · ~67 km · Must-see
• Sprague Lake · lake · Lincoln · ~73 km · Must-see
• Lake Sacajawea · lake · Franklin · ~73 km · Must-see
• Rock Lake · lake · Whitman · ~74 km · Must-see
• Ice Harbor Dam · lake · Walla Walla · ~100 km · Must-see
• Soda Lake · lake · Grant · ~111 km · Must-see
• O'Sullivan Dam · lake · Grant · ~116 km · Must-see
• Lake Lewis · lake · Walla Walla · ~116 km · Must-see
• Potholes Reservoir · lake · Grant · ~120 km · Must-see

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