Coffee Dam

Coffee 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 Coffee 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 Coffee Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.85723, -103.73189. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Coffee Dam

• Oglala National Grassland · sanctuary · Sioux · ~5 km · Must-see
• Hudson-Meng Bison Kill · fort · Fall River · ~14 km · Must-see
• Toadstool Geologic Park · sanctuary · Fall River · ~15 km · Must-see
• Sowbelly Canyon · viewpoint · Fall River · ~17 km · Must-see
• Soldier Creek Wilderness · sanctuary · Sioux · ~26 km · Must-see
• Fort Robinson · fort · Fall River · ~38 km · Must-see
• Lake Crawford · sanctuary · Fall River · ~41 km · Must-see
• Crawford Hill · viewpoint · Dawes · ~53 km · Must-see
• Agate Fossil Beds National Monument · sanctuary · Sioux · ~60 km · Must-see
• Pine Ridge National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Dawes · ~66 km · Must-see
• Angostura Dam · lake · Fall River · ~74 km · Must-see
• Chadron · church · Fall River · ~75 km · Must-see
• Cody-Yellowhand Battlefield · park · Sioux · ~9 km
• Stony Hill · viewpoint · Sioux · ~9 km
• Warbonnet Battlefield · park · Sioux · ~10 km
• Warbonnet Battlefield Monument · fort · Fall River · ~10 km
• Cody-Yellow Hair Battlefield Monument · fort · Fall River · ~10 km
• Andrews Dam · cave · Fall River · ~13 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Coffee Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Coffee Dam

• Angostura Dam · lake · Fall River · ~74 km · Must-see
• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~87 km · Must-see
• Glendo Dam · lake · Platte · ~135 km · Must-see
• Sylvan Lake · lake · Custer · ~138 km · Must-see
• Lakota Dam · lake · Custer · ~142 km · Must-see
• Horse Thief Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~146 km · Must-see
• East Gering Drain Dam · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~150 km · Must-see
• Jordan Reservoir · lake · Fall River · ~15 km
• Mader Reservoir Number 1 · lake · Fall River · ~20 km
• Henry Reservoir Number 1 · lake · Fall River · ~22 km

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