Avery Lake

Avery 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 Avery 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 Avery Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 29.71690, -97.21693. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Avery Lake

• Palmetto State Park · sanctuary · Gonzales · ~47 km · Must-see
• Monument Hill · fort · Fayette · ~47 km · Must-see
• Wood Lake Dam · lake · Gonzales · ~48 km · Must-see
• Bastrop State Park · park · Bastrop · ~55 km · Must-see
• Lake Gonzales Dam · lake · Gonzales · ~58 km · Must-see
• Lake Bastrop South Shore Park · lake · Bastrop · ~59 km · Must-see
• Lockhart State Park · park · Caldwell · ~61 km · Must-see
• Cedar Creek Dam · lake · Fayette · ~65 km · Must-see
• McKinney Roughs Nature Park · sanctuary · Bastrop · ~66 km · Must-see
• Stories Inside the Man Cave Podcast · cave · Fayette · ~5 km
• Colony Cemetery · fort · Fayette · ~8 km
• Southern Produce Gallery · museum · Fayette · ~14 km
• The Flatonia Jail · fort · Fayette · ~14 km
• Flatonia Tower Number 3 · fort · Fayette · ~14 km
• Cistern Catholic Church · church · Fayette · ~14 km
• F.W. Flato · fort · Fayette · ~14 km
• Cistern Public Cemetery · fort · Fayette · ~14 km
• Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church · fort · Fayette · ~19 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Avery Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Avery Lake

• Wood Lake Dam · lake · Gonzales · ~48 km · Must-see
• Lake Gonzales Dam · lake · Gonzales · ~58 km · Must-see
• Lake Bastrop South Shore Park · lake · Bastrop · ~59 km · Must-see
• Cedar Creek Dam · lake · Fayette · ~65 km · Must-see
• Spring Lake · lake · Hays · ~90 km · Must-see
• Meadow Lake · lake · Guadalupe · ~91 km · Must-see
• Walter E Long Lake · lake · Travis · ~93 km · Must-see
• Longhorn Dam · lake · Travis · ~95 km · Must-see
• Lake Placid · lake · Guadalupe · ~98 km · Must-see
• Auditorium Shores at Town Lake Metropolitan Park · lake · Travis · ~99 km · Must-see

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