First Dam

First Dam: 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 First Dam

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 First Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.43351, -76.48512. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near First Dam

• Sage Chapel · church · Tompkins · ~2 km · Must-see
• McGraw Tower · attraction · Tompkins · ~2 km · Must-see
• Johnson Museum of Art · museum · Tompkins · ~2 km · Must-see
• Beebe Lake · lake · Tompkins · ~3 km · Must-see
• Ithaca Falls · waterfall · Tompkins · ~3 km · Must-see
• F.R. Newman Arboretum · park · Tompkins · ~4 km · Must-see
• Stewart Park · park · Tompkins · ~4 km · Must-see
• Allan H. Treman State Marine Park · park · Tompkins · ~5 km · Must-see
• Robert H. Treman State Park · sanctuary · Tompkins · ~10 km · Must-see
• Taughannock Falls State Park · waterfall · Tompkins · ~20 km · Must-see
• Dryden Lake · lake · Tompkins · ~22 km · Must-see
• Cayuta Lake · lake · Schuyler · ~27 km · Must-see
• Lime Hollow Nature Center · sanctuary · Cortland · ~30 km · Must-see
• Finger Lakes National Forest · sanctuary · Schuyler · ~36 km · Must-see
• Virgil Mountain · viewpoint · Cortland · ~36 km · Must-see
• Fillmore Glen State Park · park · Cayuga · ~37 km · Must-see
• Lake Como · lake · Cayuga · ~39 km · Must-see
• Free Methodist Church of Cortland · church · Cortland · ~39 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of First Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near First Dam

• Beebe Lake · lake · Tompkins · ~3 km · Must-see
• Dryden Lake · lake · Tompkins · ~22 km · Must-see
• Cayuta Lake · lake · Schuyler · ~27 km · Must-see
• Lake Como · lake · Cayuga · ~39 km · Must-see
• Cayuga Lake · lake · Cayuga · ~40 km · Must-see
• Nanticoke Lake · lake · Broome · ~43 km · Must-see
• Upper Little York Lake · lake · Cortland · ~50 km · Must-see
• Green Lake · lake · Cortland · ~52 km · Must-see
• Whitney Point Lake · lake · Broome · ~54 km · Must-see
• Owasco Lake · lake · Cayuga · ~55 km · Must-see

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