Red Dam

Red Dam: 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 Red Dam

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 Red Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 32.12568, -101.07234. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Red Dam

• Lake Colorado City State Park · lake · Mitchell · ~32 km · Must-see
• Champion Creek Dam · lake · Mitchell · ~33 km · Must-see
• KBST-AM (Big Spring) · attraction · Howard · ~49 km · Must-see
• Big Spring State Park · park · Howard · ~51 km · Must-see
• Beals Mountain · viewpoint · Mitchell · ~16 km
• Powell Lake Dam · lake · Howard · ~25 km
• Camp Elizabeth · fort · Sterling · ~31 km
• Crawford Slide · viewpoint · Sterling · ~32 km
• Moss Creek Lake Dam · lake · Howard · ~32 km
• Lake Colorado City Dam · lake · Mitchell · ~32 km
• Iatan Lake · lake · Howard · ~32 km
• Lake Colorado City · lake · Mitchell · ~35 km
• Dead Indian Mountain · viewpoint · Coke · ~36 km
• First Commercial Oil Well in Howard County · fort · Glasscock · ~38 km
• Clay Smith Peak · viewpoint · Mitchell · ~39 km
• Concho, San Saba & Llano Valley Railroad Station · fort · Sterling · ~41 km
• Cedar Hill · fort · Coke · ~42 km
• Refinery Dam · lake · Howard · ~44 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Red Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Red Dam

• Lake Colorado City State Park · lake · Mitchell · ~32 km · Must-see
• Champion Creek Dam · lake · Mitchell · ~33 km · Must-see
• E V Spence Reservoir · lake · Coke · ~76 km · Must-see
• O C Fisher Lake · lake · Tom Green · ~112 km · Must-see
• Twin Buttes Dam · lake · Tom Green · ~124 km · Must-see
• Nasworthy Dam · lake · Tom Green · ~125 km · Must-see
• Lake Alan Henry · lake · Garza · ~127 km · Must-see
• Big Lake · lake · Reagan · ~142 km · Must-see
• Powell Lake Dam · lake · Howard · ~25 km
• Moss Creek Lake Dam · lake · Howard · ~32 km

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