Eilers Lake

Eilers Lake: 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 Eilers Lake

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 Eilers Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.17744, -90.94073. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Eilers Lake

• Weinberg-King State Park · sanctuary · Schuyler · ~9 km · Must-see
• Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Chapel and Cemetery · church · Adams · ~13 km · Must-see
• Historic Carthage Jail · museum · Hancock · ~39 km · Must-see
• Church of All Saints · church · Lee · ~57 km · Must-see
• Meredosia Island · lake · Cass · ~57 km · Must-see
• Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Cass · ~67 km · Must-see
• New Philadelphia National Historic Site · fort · Pike · ~67 km · Must-see
• Free Frank McWorter Grave Site · sanctuary · Pike · ~68 km · Must-see
• Nauvoo State Park · sanctuary · Hancock · ~69 km · Must-see
• Nauvoo House · museum · Lee · ~69 km · Must-see
• Iliniwek Village State Historic Site · sanctuary · Clark · ~74 km · Must-see
• Naples Mound 8 · fort · Pike · ~74 km · Must-see
• Musick Pond Dam · lake · Hancock · ~7 km
• Croxton Lake · lake · Schuyler · ~10 km
• Clay Bank · viewpoint · Schuyler · ~20 km
• John Roy Site · fort · Adams · ~21 km
• Lake Mount Sterling · lake · Brown · ~31 km
• gleenwood school yard · fort · Adams · ~33 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Eilers Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Eilers Lake

• Meredosia Island · lake · Cass · ~57 km · Must-see
• Anderson Lake State Conservation Area · lake · Fulton · ~80 km · Must-see
• Little Swan Lake · lake · Des Moines · ~80 km · Must-see
• Lake Jacksonville Dam · lake · Morgan · ~105 km · Must-see
• Lake Bracken · lake · Des Moines · ~113 km · Must-see
• Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area · lake · Fulton · ~115 km · Must-see
• Canton Lake · lake · Fulton · ~115 km · Must-see
• Clarence Cannon Dam · lake · Ralls · ~118 km · Must-see
• Waverly Lake · lake · Morgan · ~127 km · Must-see
• Lake Sugema Wildlife Management Area · lake · Van Buren · ~136 km · Must-see

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