Ponca Dam

Ponca 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 Ponca 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 Ponca Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.72065, -97.02619. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Ponca Dam

• Pioneer Woman Monument · fort · Kay · ~5 km · Must-see
• Cann Memorial Gardens · park · Kay · ~5 km · Must-see
• KPNC-FM (Ponca City) · lake · Kay · ~9 km · Must-see
• Kaw Lake · lake · Kay · ~20 km · Must-see
• Blackwell Fairgrounds · park · Kay · ~30 km · Must-see
• A.D. Buck NOC History Museum · museum · Kay · ~31 km · Must-see
• Sooner Dam · lake · Pawnee · ~37 km · Must-see
• Perry Country Club Dam · lake · Noble · ~65 km · Must-see
• Lone Chimney Lake · lake · Payne · ~69 km · Must-see
• Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve · sanctuary · Osage · ~71 km · Must-see
• Lake Ponca Beach · beach · Kay · ~1 km
• Marland Manson · fort · Kay · ~4 km
• Grace Episcopal Church · church · Kay · ~5 km
• Asbury United Methodist Church · church · Kay · ~7 km
• McKinley School Memorial · fort · Kay · ~7 km
• Ponca Chief Standing Bear Statue · fort · Kay · ~8 km
• Standing Bear Museum · museum · Kay · ~8 km
• Conoco Museum · museum · Kay · ~8 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Ponca Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Ponca Dam

• KPNC-FM (Ponca City) · lake · Kay · ~9 km · Must-see
• Kaw Lake · lake · Kay · ~20 km · Must-see
• Sooner Dam · lake · Pawnee · ~37 km · Must-see
• Perry Country Club Dam · lake · Noble · ~65 km · Must-see
• Lone Chimney Lake · lake · Payne · ~69 km · Must-see
• Boomer Lake · lake · Payne · ~79 km · Must-see
• Lake Carl Blackwell · lake · Payne · ~85 km · Must-see
• Birch Reservoir · lake · Osage · ~97 km · Must-see
• Waxhoma Lake Dam · lake · Osage · ~104 km · Must-see
• Keystone Lake · lake · Osage · ~105 km · Must-see

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