Lower Dam

Lower 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 Lower 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 Lower Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.03095, -70.10310. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Lower Dam

• Maine Art Glass Studio · church · Androscoggin · ~6 km · Must-see
• Shiloh Temple · church · Androscoggin · ~9 km · Must-see
• Trinity Episcopal Church · church · Androscoggin · ~14 km · Must-see
• Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul · church · Androscoggin · ~14 km · Must-see
• Bates College Museum of Art · museum · Androscoggin · ~15 km · Must-see
• Mount David · viewpoint · Androscoggin · ~15 km · Must-see
• First Universalist Church · church · Androscoggin · ~15 km · Must-see
• Bradbury Mountain State Park · park · Cumberland · ~19 km · Must-see
• Lake Grove Park · lake · Androscoggin · ~20 km · Must-see
• Fort Andross · fort · Cumberland · ~21 km · Must-see
• Fort George · fort · Cumberland · ~21 km · Must-see
• Saint Paul's Episcopal Church · church · Cumberland · ~21 km · Must-see
• Harriet Beecher Stowe House · attraction · Cumberland · ~22 km · Must-see
• Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum · museum · Cumberland · ~22 km · Must-see
• First Parish Church · church · Cumberland · ~22 km · Must-see
• Bowdoin College Museum of Art · museum · Cumberland · ~22 km · Must-see
• Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum · museum · Cumberland · ~22 km · Must-see
• Merrymeeting Bay · lake · Sagadahoc · ~26 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Lower Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Lower Dam

• Lake Grove Park · lake · Androscoggin · ~20 km · Must-see
• Merrymeeting Bay · lake · Sagadahoc · ~26 km · Must-see
• Nequasset Lake · lake · Sagadahoc · ~35 km · Must-see
• Annabessacook Lake · lake · Kennebec · ~36 km · Must-see
• Crescent Lake · lake · Cumberland · ~36 km · Must-see
• Cobbosseecontee Lake · lake · Kennebec · ~38 km · Must-see
• Panther Pond · lake · Cumberland · ~39 km · Must-see
• Narrows Pond · lake · Kennebec · ~40 km · Must-see
• Androscoggin Lake · lake · Kennebec · ~41 km · Must-see
• Pleasant Lake · lake · Oxford · ~42 km · Must-see

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