Cook Dam

Cook 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 Cook 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 Cook Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 31.27185, -95.38855. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Cook Dam

• Ratcliff Dam · lake · Houston · ~32 km · Must-see
• Davy Crockett National Forest · sanctuary · Houston · ~33 km · Must-see
• Big Slough Wilderness · sanctuary · Cherokee · ~45 km · Must-see
• Caddo Mounds State Historic Site · park · Cherokee · ~53 km · Must-see
• Lake Livingston · lake · San Jacinto · ~66 km · Must-see
• Beeson-Box Cemetery · fort · Houston · ~9 km
• First Baptist Church of Crockett · fort · Houston · ~10 km
• First Methodist Church · fort · Houston · ~10 km
• Early Bank Building · fort · Houston · ~10 km
• Downes-Aldrich House · fort · Houston · ~10 km
• Crockett · fort · Houston · ~10 km
• Beazley House · fort · Houston · ~11 km
• Armisted Thompson Mason Monroe · fort · Houston · ~11 km
• Armistead Albert Aldrich · fort · Houston · ~11 km
• Andrew Jackson McGown · fort · Houston · ~11 km
• Augustus "Gus" LeGory · fort · Houston · ~11 km
• Col. Steward Alexander Miller · fort · Houston · ~11 km
• Center Hill Cemetery · fort · Houston · ~14 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Cook Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Cook Dam

• Ratcliff Dam · lake · Houston · ~32 km · Must-see
• Lake Livingston · lake · San Jacinto · ~66 km · Must-see
• Lake Conroe · lake · Montgomery · ~116 km · Must-see
• Lake Limestone · lake · Limestone · ~117 km · Must-see
• Gibbons Creek Reservoir · lake · Grimes · ~120 km · Must-see
• Lake Palestine · lake · Henderson · ~127 km · Must-see
• Amanda Lake Dam · lake · Tyler · ~129 km · Must-see
• Sam Rayburn Reservoir · lake · San Augustine · ~133 km · Must-see
• Athens Fish and Game Club Dam · lake · Henderson · ~141 km · Must-see
• Richland-Chambers Reservoir · lake · Navarro · ~145 km · Must-see

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