Pickrel Dam

Pickrel 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 Pickrel 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 Pickrel Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.80837, -94.38523. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pickrel Dam

• Osage Village State Historic Site · park · Vernon · ~31 km · Must-see
• Blue Mound · viewpoint · Vernon · ~33 km · Must-see
• Fort Scott National Historic Site · fort · Bourbon · ~35 km · Must-see
• Lunette Blair-Blockhouse · fort · Bourbon · ~36 km · Must-see
• Prairie State Park · sanctuary · Barton · ~44 km · Must-see
• Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Linn · ~64 km · Must-see
• Mound City's post · church · Linn · ~66 km · Must-see
• Trading Post's fort · museum · Linn · ~69 km · Must-see
• Massacre Memorial State Park · park · Linn · ~71 km · Must-see
• First Christian Church · church · Vernon · ~5 km
• Bushwhacker Museum · museum · Vernon · ~5 km
• Izaak Walton Lake Dam · lake · Vernon · ~6 km
• Katy Allen Lake · lake · Vernon · ~7 km
• Pentacostal Assembly of Nevada · church · Vernon · ~8 km
• First Baptist Church · church · Vernon · ~8 km
• Marquardt Dam · lake · Vernon · ~10 km
• Marmaton River Bottoms Natural Area · sanctuary · Vernon · ~11 km
• C H Jones Lake · lake · Vernon · ~15 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Pickrel Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Pickrel Dam

• Stockton Lake · lake · Dade · ~83 km · Must-see
• Neosho State Fishing Lake · lake · Neosho · ~104 km · Must-see
• Harry S. Truman Reservoir · lake · St. Clair · ~106 km · Must-see
• Pomme De Terre State Park Marina · lake · Hickory · ~118 km · Must-see
• Lake Parsons · lake · Neosho · ~119 km · Must-see
• Hillsdale Lake · lake · Miami · ~135 km · Must-see
• McDaniel Lake Dam · lake · Greene · ~138 km · Must-see
• Big Hill Dam · lake · Labette · ~141 km · Must-see
• Valley Water Mill Dam · lake · Greene · ~146 km · Must-see
• Fellows Lake · lake · Greene · ~147 km · Must-see

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