Baker Dam

Baker 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 Baker 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 Baker Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.77500, -94.60357. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Baker Dam

• Glore Psychiatric Museum · museum · Doniphan · ~22 km · Must-see
• Albrecht-Kemper Museum · museum · Doniphan · ~23 km · Must-see
• Cathedral of St. Joseph · church · Doniphan · ~26 km · Must-see
• Pony Express Museum · museum · Doniphan · ~26 km · Must-see
• Smithville Lake · lake · Clinton · ~44 km · Must-see
• Wallace State Park · sanctuary · Clinton · ~44 km · Must-see
• Smithville Lake · lake · Wyandotte · ~52 km · Must-see
• Bean Lake · lake · Atchison · ~60 km · Must-see
• Sallie House · attraction · Atchison · ~62 km · Must-see
• Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum · museum · Atchison · ~62 km · Must-see
• Ebenezer Baptist Church · church · Atchison · ~63 km · Must-see
• Campbell Chapel AME Church · church · Atchison · ~63 km · Must-see
• Trinity Episcopal Church · church · Atchison · ~63 km · Must-see
• Watkins Mill State Park · sanctuary · Clay · ~64 km · Must-see
• Conception Abbey · church · Nodaway · ~65 km · Must-see
• Fort Leavenworth · fort · Leavenworth · ~67 km · Must-see
• St. Patrick's Catholic Church · church · Atchison · ~70 km · Must-see
• C W Parker Carousel Museum · museum · Leavenworth · ~72 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Baker Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Baker Dam

• Smithville Lake · lake · Clinton · ~44 km · Must-see
• Smithville Lake · lake · Wyandotte · ~52 km · Must-see
• Bean Lake · lake · Atchison · ~60 km · Must-see
• Lake Maurer · lake · Clay · ~74 km · Must-see
• Riss Lake · lake · Platte · ~80 km · Must-see
• Riss Lake · lake · Wyandotte · ~80 km · Must-see
• Mozingo Lake Dam · lake · Nodaway · ~82 km · Must-see
• Brown State Fishing Lake Dam · lake · Brown · ~83 km · Must-see
• Big Lake · lake · Doniphan · ~89 km · Must-see
• Big Lake · lake · Holt · ~91 km · Must-see

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