Taylor Dam

Taylor 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 Taylor 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 Taylor Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.94740, -115.09660. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Taylor Dam

• Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument · sanctuary · Gooding · ~27 km · Must-see
• Upper Salmon Falls A-Plant & Forebay · waterfall · Twin Falls · ~31 km · Must-see
• Mormon Reservoir · lake · Camas · ~53 km · Must-see
• Thousand Springs State Park · park · Gooding · ~59 km · Must-see
• Gopher Knoll · viewpoint · Elmore · ~2 km
• Bliss Dam · lake · Elmore · ~5 km
• Pioneer Butte · viewpoint · Gooding · ~8 km
• Black Mesa · viewpoint · Elmore · ~12 km
• Sugar Bowl · viewpoint · Elmore · ~16 km
• Flint Mesa · viewpoint · Elmore · ~16 km
• Kings Crown · viewpoint · Elmore · ~19 km
• Twentymile Butte · viewpoint · Elmore · ~20 km
• Lower Salmon Falls Dam · waterfall · Gooding · ~24 km
• Indian Butte · viewpoint · Owyhee · ~26 km
• Malad Gorge State Park · viewpoint · Gooding · ~27 km
• Devil's washbowl waterfall · waterfall · Gooding · ~27 km
• Grindstone Butte · viewpoint · Elmore · ~29 km
• McKinney Butte · viewpoint · Gooding · ~30 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Taylor Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Taylor Dam

• Mormon Reservoir · lake · Camas · ~53 km · Must-see
• Upper Smoky Dome Lake 1 · lake · Camas · ~78 km · Must-see
• Upper Smoky Dome Lake 2 · lake · Camas · ~79 km · Must-see
• Lower Smoky Dome Lake · lake · Camas · ~79 km · Must-see
• West Smoky Dome Lake · lake · Camas · ~79 km · Must-see
• Boardman Lake · lake · Camas · ~81 km · Must-see
• Lower Deadwood Lake · lake · Camas · ~81 km · Must-see
• Upper Deadwood Lake · lake · Camas · ~82 km · Must-see
• Heart Lake · lake · Camas · ~83 km · Must-see
• Magic Reservoir · lake · Camas · ~87 km · Must-see

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