Steffensen Dam

Steffensen 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 Steffensen 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 Steffensen Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.58663, -102.94880. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Steffensen Dam

• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~22 km · Must-see
• Pine Ridge National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Dawes · ~22 km · Must-see
• Chadron · church · Fall River · ~34 km · Must-see
• Crawford Hill · viewpoint · Dawes · ~41 km · Must-see
• Lake Crawford · sanctuary · Fall River · ~50 km · Must-see
• Fort Robinson · fort · Fall River · ~54 km · Must-see
• Carhenge · attraction · Box Butte · ~62 km · Must-see
• Alliance Baptist Church · church · Box Butte · ~68 km · Must-see
• Soldier Creek Wilderness · sanctuary · Sioux · ~69 km · Must-see
• Hudson-Meng Bison Kill · fort · Fall River · ~75 km · Must-see
• Anderson Dam · cave · Dawes · ~17 km
• Coffee Mill Butte · viewpoint · Dawes · ~18 km
• Lookout Point · viewpoint · Dawes · ~20 km
• Flannigan Butte · viewpoint · Dawes · ~22 km
• Flag Butte · viewpoint · Dawes · ~22 km
• Box Butte Reservoir State Wildlife Management Area · lake · Dawes · ~25 km
• Rattlesnake Butte · viewpoint · Dawes · ~25 km
• Chimney Butte · viewpoint · Dawes · ~26 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Steffensen Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Steffensen Dam

• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~22 km · Must-see
• Angostura Dam · lake · Fall River · ~116 km · Must-see
• East Gering Drain Dam · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~130 km · Must-see
• Box Butte Reservoir State Wildlife Management Area · lake · Dawes · ~25 km
• Walgren Lake State Recreation Area · lake · Sheridan · ~33 km
• Red Woman Dam · lake · Dawes · ~45 km
• McDowell Dam Number 1 · lake · Dawes · ~46 km
• Musfelt Reservoir · lake · Oglala Lakota · ~48 km
• Musfelt Reservoir · lake · Sheridan · ~48 km
• Pilster Reservoir · lake · Fall River · ~52 km

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