Hooks Lake

Hooks Lake: 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 Hooks Lake

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 Hooks Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.04926, -85.97442. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Hooks Lake

• Noccalula Falls Park · waterfall · Etowah · ~6 km · Must-see
• Forrest Cemetery Chapel and Comfort Station · church · Etowah · ~8 km · Must-see
• Little Wills Valley · viewpoint · Etowah · ~12 km · Must-see
• Colvin Mountain · viewpoint · Calhoun · ~22 km · Must-see
• Weiss Dam · lake · Cherokee · ~24 km · Must-see
• H. Neely Henry Lake · lake · St. Clair · ~31 km · Must-see
• Janney Furnace Park · park · Calhoun · ~36 km · Must-see
• First Presbyterian Church · church · Calhoun · ~41 km · Must-see
• Horse Pens 40 · park · St. Clair · ~42 km · Must-see
• John W. Inzer Museum · museum · St. Clair · ~44 km · Must-see
• Frog Mountain · viewpoint · Cherokee · ~47 km · Must-see
• Dugger Mountain Wilderness · sanctuary · Cleburne · ~50 km · Must-see
• Anniston Museum of Natural History · museum · Calhoun · ~52 km · Must-see
• Lake Guntersville State Park · lake · Marshall · ~53 km · Must-see
• Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Calhoun · ~55 km · Must-see
• Church of Saint Michael and All Angels · church · Calhoun · ~55 km · Must-see
• Sand Mountain · viewpoint · DeKalb · ~56 km · Must-see
• Saint Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church · church · Calhoun · ~57 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Hooks Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Hooks Lake

• Weiss Dam · lake · Cherokee · ~24 km · Must-see
• H. Neely Henry Lake · lake · St. Clair · ~31 km · Must-see
• Lake Guntersville State Park · lake · Marshall · ~53 km · Must-see
• Guntersville Dam · lake · Marshall · ~71 km · Must-see
• Springdale Lake · lake · Cherokee · ~83 km · Must-see
• Guntersville Lake · lake · Jackson · ~86 km · Must-see
• Lake Conasauga · lake · Cherokee · ~91 km · Must-see
• DeSoto Lake · lake · Cherokee · ~94 km · Must-see
• Logan Martin Dam · lake · Talladega · ~96 km · Must-see
• Lake Dorene · lake · Cleburne · ~106 km · Must-see

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