Spring Creek Dam

Spring Creek 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 Spring Creek 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 Spring Creek Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.76387, -103.82519. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Spring Creek Dam

• Sowbelly Canyon · viewpoint · Fall River · ~1 km · Must-see
• Oglala National Grassland · sanctuary · Sioux · ~21 km · Must-see
• Soldier Creek Wilderness · sanctuary · Sioux · ~24 km · Must-see
• Hudson-Meng Bison Kill · fort · Fall River · ~25 km · Must-see
• Toadstool Geologic Park · sanctuary · Fall River · ~29 km · Must-see
• Fort Robinson · fort · Fall River · ~39 km · Must-see
• Lake Crawford · sanctuary · Fall River · ~43 km · Must-see
• Agate Fossil Beds National Monument · sanctuary · Sioux · ~48 km · Must-see
• Crawford Hill · viewpoint · Dawes · ~54 km · Must-see
• Pine Ridge National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Dawes · ~71 km · Must-see
• Andrews Dam · cave · Fall River · ~3 km
• Pants Butte · viewpoint · Sioux · ~3 km
• Jordan Reservoir · lake · Fall River · ~11 km
• Harrison City Park · park · Sioux · ~12 km
• Cody-Yellowhand Battlefield · park · Sioux · ~24 km
• Fort Laramie - Fort Robinson Trail Historical Marker · fort · Sioux · ~24 km
• Warbonnet Battlefield · park · Sioux · ~25 km
• Warbonnet Battlefield Monument · fort · Fall River · ~25 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Spring Creek Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Spring Creek Dam

• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~87 km · Must-see
• Angostura Dam · lake · Fall River · ~90 km · Must-see
• Glendo Dam · lake · Platte · ~122 km · Must-see
• East Gering Drain Dam · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~138 km · Must-see
• Jordan Reservoir · lake · Fall River · ~11 km
• Mader Reservoir Number 1 · lake · Fall River · ~31 km
• Henry Reservoir Number 1 · lake · Fall River · ~32 km
• Keel Dam · lake · Niobrara · ~32 km
• McMaster Dam · lake · Niobrara · ~34 km
• Dolores Number 1 Dam · lake · Niobrara · ~35 km

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