Porcipine Reservoir

Porcipine Reservoir: 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 reservoir: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Porcipine Reservoir

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 Porcipine Reservoir — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.15848, -119.56497. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Porcipine Reservoir

• Flagtail Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~29 km · Must-see
• Delintment Lake Dam · lake · Harney · ~38 km · Must-see
• Malheur National Forest · sanctuary · Grant · ~56 km · Must-see
• Buck Falls · waterfall · Grant · ~63 km · Must-see
• Ochoco National Forest · sanctuary · Crook · ~67 km · Must-see
• Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site · park · Grant · ~70 km · Must-see
• Kam Wah Chung Company Building · museum · Grant · ~70 km · Must-see
• Wildhorse Falls Reservoir · waterfall · Grant · ~5 km
• Elk Reservoir · lake · Grant · ~8 km
• Hobnail Reservoir · lake · Grant · ~12 km
• Brennan Dam · lake · Crook · ~27 km
• Grindstone Dam · lake · Crook · ~30 km
• Halfway Waterhole · lake · Crook · ~32 km
• Aldrich Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~32 km
• Williams Reservoir · lake · Harney · ~35 km
• Twelve Mile Dam · lake · Crook · ~37 km
• Old Lakebed Waterhole · lake · Crook · ~40 km
• Ryegrass Reservoir · lake · Crook · ~41 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Porcipine Reservoir

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Porcipine Reservoir

• Delintment Lake Dam · lake · Harney · ~38 km · Must-see
• Chickahominy Reservoir · lake · Harney · ~84 km · Must-see
• Antelope Flat Reservoir · lake · Crook · ~85 km · Must-see
• Magone Lake · lake · Grant · ~85 km · Must-see
• Prineville Reservoir · lake · Crook · ~116 km · Must-see
• Ochoco Dam · lake · Crook · ~117 km · Must-see
• Harney Lake · lake · Harney · ~136 km · Must-see
• Malheur Lake · lake · Harney · ~140 km · Must-see
• Agency Valley Dam · lake · Malheur · ~145 km · Must-see
• Fossil Lake · lake · Lake · ~149 km · Must-see

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