Van Meter Dam

Van Meter 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 Van Meter 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 Van Meter Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.28284, -93.26235. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Van Meter Dam

• Fort Orleans · fort · Saline · ~1 km · Must-see
• Annie and Abel Van Meter State Park · sanctuary · Saline · ~2 km · Must-see
• Utz Site · fort · Saline · ~2 km · Must-see
• Arrow Rock Historic District · fort · Saline · ~45 km · Must-see
• Battle of Lexington State Historic Site · fort · Lafayette · ~67 km · Must-see
• Pershing State Park · sanctuary · Linn · ~68 km · Must-see
• Bothwell Lodge State Historical Site · park · Pettis · ~68 km · Must-see
• Walt Disney Hometown Museum · museum · Linn · ~69 km · Must-see
• Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site · sanctuary · Linn · ~71 km · Must-see
• KMOS-TV (Sedalia) · church · Pettis · ~75 km · Must-see
• Old Fort · fort · Saline · ~1 km
• Guthrey Archaeological Site · fort · Saline · ~10 km
• Elson Lake Dam · lake · Saline · ~12 km
• Gumbo Point Archeological Site · fort · Saline · ~16 km
• Horseshoe Lake Dam · lake · Carroll · ~20 km
• Grace Lake · lake · Carroll · ~20 km
• East Lake · lake · Carroll · ~21 km
• Marsh Lake · lake · Saline · ~22 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Van Meter Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Van Meter Dam

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• Lake Maurer · lake · Clay · ~104 km · Must-see
• Lake Lotawana · lake · Jackson · ~118 km · Must-see
• Blue Springs Lake · lake · Jackson · ~122 km · Must-see
• Jacomo Marina · lake · Jackson · ~122 km · Must-see
• Prairie Lee Lake · lake · Jackson · ~125 km · Must-see
• Wildwood Dam · lake · Jackson · ~134 km · Must-see
• Smithville Lake · lake · Clinton · ~136 km · Must-see
• Smithville Lake · lake · Wyandotte · ~138 km · Must-see
• Longview Lake · lake · Jackson · ~140 km · Must-see

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