Pit Lakes

Pit Lakes: 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 Pit Lakes

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 Pit Lakes — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.91500, -119.18887. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pit Lakes

• Soda Lake · lake · Grant · ~8 km · Must-see
• Drumheller Channels · sanctuary · Adams · ~11 km · Must-see
• O'Sullivan Dam · lake · Grant · ~13 km · Must-see
• Potholes State Park · sanctuary · Grant · ~16 km · Must-see
• Potholes Reservoir · lake · Grant · ~18 km · Must-see
• Moses Lake Washington Temple · church · Grant · ~27 km · Must-see
• Moses Lake · lake · Grant · ~36 km · Must-see
• Arid Lands Ecology Reserve · sanctuary · Grant · ~52 km · Must-see
• Hanford Reach National Monument · sanctuary · Benton · ~57 km · Must-see
• B Reactor Building · museum · Benton · ~59 km · Must-see
• Grandfather Cuts Loose the Ponies · attraction · Grant · ~74 km · Must-see
• Soap Lake · lake · Grant · ~74 km · Must-see
• Pinto Dam · lake · Grant · ~74 km · Must-see
• Priest Rapids Lake · lake · Grant · ~74 km · Must-see
• Seep Lakes Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Grant · ~5 km
• Lower Goose Lake Dam · lake · Grant · ~9 km
• Corral Lake · lake · Grant · ~13 km
• Abraham Lincoln · fort · Adams · ~17 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Pit Lakes

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Pit Lakes

• Soda Lake · lake · Grant · ~8 km · Must-see
• O'Sullivan Dam · lake · Grant · ~13 km · Must-see
• Potholes Reservoir · lake · Grant · ~18 km · Must-see
• Moses Lake · lake · Grant · ~36 km · Must-see
• Soap Lake · lake · Grant · ~74 km · Must-see
• Pinto Dam · lake · Grant · ~74 km · Must-see
• Priest Rapids Lake · lake · Grant · ~74 km · Must-see
• Wanapum Lake · lake · Washington · ~84 km · Must-see
• Lake Sacajawea · lake · Franklin · ~84 km · Must-see
• Lenore Lake · lake · Grant · ~86 km · Must-see

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