Summer

Summer: 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 Summer

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 Summer — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.29840, -76.65392. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Summer

• Hershey Gardens · park · Dauphin · ~0 km · Must-see
• ZooAmerica · sanctuary · Dauphin · ~1 km · Must-see
• Kissing Tower · temple · Dauphin · ~2 km · Must-see
• Coal Cracker · temple · Dauphin · ~2 km · Must-see
• Great Bear · attraction · Dauphin · ~2 km · Must-see
• Skyrush · attraction · Dauphin · ~2 km · Must-see
• Hersheypark · park · Dauphin · ~2 km · Must-see
• Indian Echo Caverns · cave · Dauphin · ~9 km · Must-see
• Conewago Recreation Trail · trek · Lancaster · ~17 km · Must-see
• Blue Mountain · viewpoint · Dauphin · ~18 km · Must-see
• Memorial Lake State Park · lake · Lebanon · ~18 km · Must-see
• Lebanon Valley Rail Trail · trek · Lebanon · ~18 km · Must-see
• Paxtang Park · park · Dauphin · ~20 km · Must-see
• National Civil War Museum · museum · Dauphin · ~22 km · Must-see
• Reservoir Park · lake · Dauphin · ~22 km · Must-see
• Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area · sanctuary · Dauphin · ~22 km · Must-see
• Governor Stable · sanctuary · Lancaster · ~24 km · Must-see
• John Harris Mansion · fort · Dauphin · ~25 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Summer

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Summer

• Memorial Lake State Park · lake · Lebanon · ~18 km · Must-see
• Reservoir Park · lake · Dauphin · ~22 km · Must-see
• Italian Lake Park · lake · Dauphin · ~26 km · Must-see
• Blue Marsh Lake · lake · Berks · ~63 km · Must-see
• Holtwood Dam · lake · Lancaster · ~74 km · Must-see
• Laurel Lake · lake · Cumberland · ~75 km · Must-see
• Fuller Lake · lake · Cumberland · ~78 km · Must-see
• Ontelaunee Reservoir · lake · Berks · ~82 km · Must-see
• Antietam Lake · lake · Berks · ~83 km · Must-see
• Lake Glory · lake · Columbia · ~87 km · Must-see

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