Pool 1B

Pool 1B: 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 Pool 1B

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 Pool 1B — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.46166, -98.66724. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pool 1B

• Great Bend Zoo · sanctuary · Barton · ~16 km · Must-see
• Quivira National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Stafford · ~43 km · Must-see
• Fort Harker Museum Complex · museum · Ellsworth · ~65 km · Must-see
• Wilson Reservoir · lake · Russell · ~67 km · Must-see
• Faris Caves · cave · Ellsworth · ~69 km · Must-see
• Barbed Wire Museum · museum · Rush · ~71 km · Must-see
• Fort Larned National Historic Site · fort · Pawnee · ~74 km · Must-see
• Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Barton · ~3 km
• Cheyenne Bottoms Preserve · sanctuary · Barton · ~5 km
• Fort Zarah · fort · Barton · ~11 km
• Hoisington Historical Society · museum · Barton · ~14 km
• Emmanuel Lutheran Church · church · Barton · ~15 km
• Concordia Lutheran Church · church · Barton · ~15 km
• Brit Spaugh Park · park · Barton · ~17 km
• First Congregational United Church of Christ · church · Barton · ~18 km
• Veteran's Memorial Park · park · Barton · ~19 km
• Walnut Creek Bridge · fort · Barton · ~25 km
• Northeast 60 Avenue · fort · Barton · ~31 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Pool 1B

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• Wilson Reservoir · lake · Russell · ~67 km · Must-see
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• Cedar Bluff Dam · lake · Trego · ~123 km · Must-see
• Cheney Dam · lake · Sedgwick · ~140 km · Must-see
• Waconda Lake · lake · Mitchell · ~146 km · Must-see
• Park Smith Lake · lake · Stafford · ~48 km
• Lake Darrynane Dam · lake · Stafford · ~49 km
• Fossil Creek Dam · lake · Russell · ~59 km
• James Lake · lake · Stafford · ~65 km

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