Simms Tank

Simms Tank: 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 Simms Tank

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 Simms Tank — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 31.66291, -102.45625. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Simms Tank

• Odessa Meteor Crater · viewpoint · Ector · ~13 km · Must-see
• Presidential Museum & JBS Leadership Library · museum · Ector · ~35 km · Must-see
• Monahans Sandhills State Park · park · Ward · ~44 km · Must-see
• Permian Basin Petroleum Museum · museum · Midland · ~61 km · Must-see
• Bush Family Home State Historic Site · park · Midland · ~64 km · Must-see
• Imperial Dam · lake · Pecos · ~72 km · Must-see
• Meteor Crater Museum · museum · Ector · ~13 km
• Crane County High Point · viewpoint · Crane · ~14 km
• Odessa Stella · fort · Ector · ~21 km
• Ector County Discovery Well · fort · Ector · ~22 km
• Church and Fields Oil Discovery Well · fort · Crane · ~25 km
• Crane County · fort · Crane · ~25 km
• McKinney Park · park · Ector · ~25 km
• Floyd Gwin Park · park · Ector · ~26 km
• Carver Heights Church of Christ · church · Ector · ~27 km
• Western Drug Package Store · fort · Ector · ~27 km
• White-Pool House · museum · Ector · ~27 km
• Dawson Building · fort · Ector · ~27 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Simms Tank

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Simms Tank

• Imperial Dam · lake · Pecos · ~72 km · Must-see
• Big Lake · lake · Reagan · ~135 km · Must-see
• King Lake · lake · Ector · ~31 km
• Prarie Dog Lake · lake · Ector · ~42 km
• Moving Machine Lake · lake · Ector · ~45 km
• James Lake · lake · Ector · ~46 km
• Northwest Lake · lake · Ector · ~47 km
• Kammerer Tanks · lake · Lea · ~120 km
• Comanche Creek Dam · lake · Pecos · ~121 km
• Fourmile Lake · lake · Howard · ~135 km

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