Bates Lake

Bates 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 Bates 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 Bates Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 32.16597, -98.30449. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bates Lake

• Proctor Lake · lake · Comanche · ~32 km · Must-see
• Lake Leon · lake · Eastland · ~55 km · Must-see
• Dinosaur Valley State Park · park · Somervell · ~59 km · Must-see
• Creation Evidence Museum · museum · Somervell · ~59 km · Must-see
• Palo Pinto Mountains State Park · park · Stephens · ~61 km · Must-see
• Comanche Creek Dam · lake · Somervell · ~66 km · Must-see
• Lake Palo Pinto Dam · lake · Palo Pinto · ~67 km · Must-see
• Lake Granbury Master Gardener Demonstration Garden · lake · Hood · ~70 km · Must-see
• Lake Eastland Dam · lake · Eastland · ~71 km · Must-see
• Kiker Lake · lake · Erath · ~2 km
• Corinth Cemetery · fort · Erath · ~9 km
• Oakdale United Methodist Church · church · Erath · ~11 km
• D. L. Harris House · fort · Erath · ~11 km
• Audie Murphy Arena · fort · Erath · ~11 km
• Dublin Rodeo Heritage Museum · museum · Erath · ~12 km
• Soil Conservation Service Site 11 Reservoir · lake · Erath · ~12 km
• Dublin Rodeo · fort · Erath · ~12 km
• Early Commercial Building · fort · Erath · ~12 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Bates Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Bates Lake

• Proctor Lake · lake · Comanche · ~32 km · Must-see
• Lake Leon · lake · Eastland · ~55 km · Must-see
• Comanche Creek Dam · lake · Somervell · ~66 km · Must-see
• Lake Palo Pinto Dam · lake · Palo Pinto · ~67 km · Must-see
• Lake Granbury Master Gardener Demonstration Garden · lake · Hood · ~70 km · Must-see
• Lake Eastland Dam · lake · Eastland · ~71 km · Must-see
• Lake Cisco · lake · Eastland · ~90 km · Must-see
• Lake Merritt Dam · lake · Mills · ~94 km · Must-see
• Lake Brownwood · lake · Brown · ~98 km · Must-see
• Lake Pat Cleburne · lake · Johnson · ~104 km · Must-see

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