Bartlet Dam

Bartlet 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 Bartlet 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 Bartlet Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.87621, -103.01802. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bartlet Dam

• Chadron · church · Fall River · ~7 km · Must-see
• Pine Ridge National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Dawes · ~36 km · Must-see
• Lake Crawford · sanctuary · Fall River · ~50 km · Must-see
• Crawford Hill · viewpoint · Dawes · ~52 km · Must-see
• Fort Robinson · fort · Fall River · ~54 km · Must-see
• Toadstool Geologic Park · sanctuary · Fall River · ~58 km · Must-see
• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~58 km · Must-see
• Hudson-Meng Bison Kill · fort · Fall River · ~60 km · Must-see
• Soldier Creek Wilderness · sanctuary · Sioux · ~65 km · Must-see
• Oglala National Grassland · sanctuary · Sioux · ~71 km · Must-see
• Finnegan Park · park · Dawes · ~7 km
• Wilson Park · park · Dawes · ~8 km
• Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center · museum · Fall River · ~8 km
• Eleanor Barbour Cook Museum of Geology · museum · Fall River · ~8 km
• Isinglass Buttes · viewpoint · Dawes · ~8 km
• Dawes County Historical Museum · museum · Fall River · ~11 km
• Museum of the Fur Trade · museum · Fall River · ~12 km
• Jones Reservoir · lake · Fall River · ~17 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Bartlet Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Bartlet Dam

• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~58 km · Must-see
• Angostura Dam · lake · Fall River · ~78 km · Must-see
• Lakota Dam · lake · Custer · ~141 km · Must-see
• Sylvan Lake · lake · Custer · ~146 km · Must-see
• Horse Thief Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~149 km · Must-see
• Jones Reservoir · lake · Fall River · ~17 km
• Pilster Reservoir · lake · Fall River · ~31 km
• Limestone Butte Dam · lake · Fall River · ~42 km
• Red Woman Dam · lake · Dawes · ~46 km
• McDowell Dam Number 1 · lake · Dawes · ~46 km

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