Jacobs Tanks

Jacobs Tanks: 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 Jacobs Tanks

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 Jacobs Tanks — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.06748, -111.68545. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Jacobs Tanks

• Lone Rock · beach · Kane · ~18 km · Must-see
• Bush Head · viewpoint · Kane · ~20 km · Must-see
• Glen Canyon Dam · lake · Coconino · ~29 km · Must-see
• Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness · sanctuary · Coconino · ~29 km · Must-see
• Glen Canyon · viewpoint · Coconino · ~31 km · Must-see
• Horseshoe Bend · lake · Coconino · ~32 km · Must-see
• Vermilion Cliffs National Monument · sanctuary · Coconino · ~34 km · Must-see
• The Wave · attraction · Coconino · ~37 km · Must-see
• Double Arch Coyote Buttes · viewpoint · Kane · ~38 km · Must-see
• Tower Butte · viewpoint · Coconino · ~44 km · Must-see
• Croton Canyon · viewpoint · Kane · ~44 km · Must-see
• Padres Butte · viewpoint · San Juan · ~45 km · Must-see
• Vermilion Cliffs National Monument · park · Coconino · ~45 km · Must-see
• Cliff Dweller Rock House · viewpoint · Coconino · ~45 km · Must-see
• Canyon Anthelope X · viewpoint · Coconino · ~54 km · Must-see
• Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument · sanctuary · Kane · ~70 km · Must-see
• Marble Canyon · viewpoint · Coconino · ~75 km · Must-see
• Big Water Park · park · Kane · ~4 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Jacobs Tanks

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Jacobs Tanks

• Glen Canyon Dam · lake · Coconino · ~29 km · Must-see
• Horseshoe Bend · lake · Coconino · ~32 km · Must-see
• Lake Powell · lake · Kane · ~95 km · Must-see
• Greenland Lake · lake · Coconino · ~120 km · Must-see
• Cyclone Lake · lake · Garfield · ~127 km · Must-see
• Cuddyback Lake · lake · Garfield · ~132 km · Must-see
• Navajo Lake · lake · Kane · ~137 km · Must-see
• Panguitch Lake · lake · Garfield · ~138 km · Must-see
• Nipple Spring · lake · Kane · ~18 km
• Franks · lake · Coconino · ~27 km

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