El Gato

El Gato: 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 El Gato

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 El Gato — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 28.14049, -100.30397. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near El Gato

• Tethered Aerostat Radar System · attraction · Maverick · ~34 km · Must-see
• Loma Gualeguas · viewpoint · Guerrero · ~23 km
• High Lonesome Dam · lake · Dimmit · ~52 km
• Fuerte de Gigedo · fort · Villa Unión · ~54 km
• Big Apache Hill · viewpoint · Webb · ~56 km
• Dos Hermanos Peaks · viewpoint · Webb · ~59 km
• Cañada Gálvez · viewpoint · Nuevo León · ~64 km
• La Joya · lake · Nuevo León · ~4 km
• Los Puertos · lake · Nuevo León · ~9 km
• Chema · lake · Nuevo León · ~9 km
• Los Bueyes · lake · Nuevo León · ~10 km
• Loma Blanca · lake · Nuevo León · ~11 km
• El Almagre · lake · Nuevo León · ~14 km
• Carmelo · lake · Nuevo León · ~15 km
• Las Cabeceras · lake · Nuevo León · ~18 km
• Lago del Berrendo · lake · Guerrero · ~18 km
• Carter Lake Number 1 · lake · Maverick · ~21 km
• Carter Lake Number 1 Dam · lake · Maverick · ~21 km

See everything within a day’s drive of El Gato

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near El Gato

• Averhoff Reservoir · lake · Zavala · ~109 km · Must-see
• Lake Casa Blanca · lake · Webb · ~135 km · Must-see
• High Lonesome Dam · lake · Dimmit · ~52 km
• Comanche Tank · lake · Maverick · ~76 km
• Winn Exploration Company Dam Number 1 · lake · Maverick · ~80 km
• Johnson Waterhole Number One · lake · Webb · ~85 km
• Ward Lake Dam · lake · Dimmit · ~91 km
• Reynolds and Wilson Lake Number 2 · lake · Dimmit · ~95 km
• Chilipitin Lake · lake · Maverick · ~101 km
• T C Stricklin Lake · lake · Zavala · ~112 km

All lakes, dams & reservoirs in Nuevo León

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