Brokenback Dam

Brokenback Dam: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. 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 Brokenback Dam

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Brokenback Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.12830, -107.44901. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Brokenback Dam

• Ten Sleep Mercantile · fort · Washakie · ~13 km · Must-see
• High Park Fire Lookout · viewpoint · Washakie · ~25 km · Must-see
• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~35 km · Must-see
• Powder River Pass information sign · viewpoint · Johnson · ~37 km · Must-see
• Bighorn Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~38 km · Must-see
• Loaf Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~40 km · Must-see
• Darton Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~40 km · Must-see
• Mather Peaks · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~41 km · Must-see
• Bomber Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~44 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak Wilderness · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~45 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~45 km · Must-see
• Innominate · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~46 km · Must-see
• Mount Woolsey · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~47 km · Must-see
• Black Tooth Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~47 km · Must-see
• Hallelujah · viewpoint · Johnson · ~48 km · Must-see
• Penrose Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~50 km · Must-see
• Bighorn National Forest · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~54 km · Must-see
• Shell Falls · waterfall · Big Horn · ~66 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Brokenback Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Brokenback Dam

• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~35 km · Must-see
• Lake De Smet · lake · Johnson · ~85 km · Must-see
• Boysen Dam · lake · Fremont · ~123 km · Must-see
• Boysen Reservoir · lake · Fremont · ~137 km · Must-see
• Upper Dam · lake · Washakie · ~4 km
• J Smith Dam · lake · Washakie · ~8 km
• Renner Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~9 km
• H G Reservoir · lake · Big Horn · ~19 km
• Tensleep Reservoir Dam · lake · Washakie · ~22 km
• West Tensleep Lake · lake · Big Horn · ~30 km

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