Alter Dam

Alter 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 Alter 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 Alter Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.55340, -91.80348. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Alter Dam

• Wet Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~22 km · Must-see
• Mammoth Spring · lake · Fulton · ~31 km · Must-see
• De Priest Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~45 km · Must-see
• Bonds Hollow · viewpoint · Sharp · ~46 km · Must-see
• Devils Backbone Wilderness · sanctuary · Ozark · ~46 km · Must-see
• Hickory Stump Hollow · viewpoint · Baxter · ~49 km · Must-see
• Blubbering Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~49 km · Must-see
• Blair Hollow · viewpoint · Ozark · ~50 km · Must-see
• Denny Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~52 km · Must-see
• Wild Cat Hill · viewpoint · Oregon · ~52 km · Must-see
• Eleven Point National Wild and Scenic River · sanctuary · Oregon · ~54 km · Must-see
• Pine Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~54 km · Must-see
• Paty Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~55 km · Must-see
• Doniphan Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~55 km · Must-see
• Hog Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~55 km · Must-see
• Johnson Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~55 km · Must-see
• Betsy Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~55 km · Must-see
• Wolfpen Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~60 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Alter Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Alter Dam

• Mammoth Spring · lake · Fulton · ~31 km · Must-see
• Norfork Dam · lake · Baxter · ~64 km · Must-see
• Bull Shoals Dam · lake · Baxter · ~90 km · Must-see
• Bull Shoals Lake · lake · Taney · ~113 km · Must-see
• Clearwater Lake · lake · Reynolds · ~141 km · Must-see
• Greers Ferry Dam · lake · Cleburne · ~145 km · Must-see
• Lake Frierson State Park · lake · Greene · ~146 km · Must-see
• Greers Ferry Lake · lake · Cleburne · ~147 km · Must-see
• Arrow Head Lake · lake · Howell · ~17 km
• Hide A Way Lake Dam · lake · Howell · ~27 km

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