Upper Dam

Upper 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 Upper 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 Upper Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.30203, -91.73236. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Upper Dam

• 155 mm gun M1 · attraction · White · ~5 km · Must-see
• Cumberland Presbyterian Church · fort · White · ~7 km · Must-see
• First Methodist Church · church · White · ~7 km · Must-see
• Trinity Episcopal Church · fort · White · ~7 km · Must-see
• Smyrna Methodist Church · church · White · ~15 km · Must-see
• Crow Lake · lake · Tunica · ~39 km · Must-see
• Sugar Loaf Mountain · viewpoint · Cleburne · ~39 km · Must-see
• Greers Ferry Dam · lake · Cleburne · ~43 km · Must-see
• Woolly Hollow State Park · park · Faulkner · ~62 km · Must-see
• Greers Ferry Lake · lake · Cleburne · ~64 km · Must-see
• Saint Pauls Episcopal Church · church · Independence · ~66 km · Must-see
• Jacksonport State Park · park · Jackson · ~66 km · Must-see
• Lonoke Confederate Monument · fort · Lonoke · ~74 km · Must-see
• Beeler Ferry · fort · White · ~0 km
• Beeler House · fort · White · ~0 km
• Bee Rock · viewpoint · White · ~3 km
• Backbone Ridge · viewpoint · White · ~5 km
• Downtown Church of Christ · church · White · ~6 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Upper Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Upper Dam

• Crow Lake · lake · Tunica · ~39 km · Must-see
• Greers Ferry Dam · lake · Cleburne · ~43 km · Must-see
• Greers Ferry Lake · lake · Cleburne · ~64 km · Must-see
• Lake Conway Dam · lake · Faulkner · ~90 km · Must-see
• The Little Rock · lake · Pulaski · ~98 km · Must-see
• Lake Willastein Dam · lake · Pulaski · ~99 km · Must-see
• Lake Maumelle · lake · Pulaski · ~112 km · Must-see
• Beaty Lake · lake · Tunica · ~121 km · Must-see
• Beaty Lake · lake · St. Francis · ~121 km · Must-see
• McNulty Lake · lake · Tunica · ~121 km · Must-see

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