Asher Dam

Asher 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 Asher 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 Asher Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.92359, -73.91084. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Asher Dam

• Mount Rutsen · viewpoint · Dutchess · ~5 km · Must-see
• Roundout Light · church · Ulster · ~5 km · Must-see
• Ponckhockie Union Congregational Church · church · Ulster · ~7 km · Must-see
• Hasbrouck Park · park · Ulster · ~7 km · Must-see
• Hudson River Maritime Museum · museum · Ulster · ~7 km · Must-see
• Hudson Valley Greenway Trail (Kingston) · trek · Ulster · ~8 km · Must-see
• Esopus Meadows Preserve · lake · Ulster · ~9 km · Must-see
• Ogden Mills and Ruth Livingston Mills State Park · park · Dutchess · ~9 km · Must-see
• Staatsburgh State Historic Site · park · Dutchess · ~10 km · Must-see
• Sacred Heart Chapel · church · Dutchess · ~11 km · Must-see
• Fair Street Reformed Church · church · Ulster · ~11 km · Must-see
• Senate House State Historic Site · sanctuary · Ulster · ~11 km · Must-see
• Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park · park · Dutchess · ~12 km · Must-see
• Center For Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art · museum · Dutchess · ~13 km · Must-see
• Shaupeneak Mountain · viewpoint · Ulster · ~14 km · Must-see
• Halihan Hill · viewpoint · Ulster · ~14 km · Must-see
• Tivoli Bays Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Dutchess · ~15 km · Must-see
• Gallis Hill · viewpoint · Ulster · ~17 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Asher Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Asher Dam

• Esopus Meadows Preserve · lake · Ulster · ~9 km · Must-see
• Sturgeon Pool · lake · Ulster · ~18 km · Must-see
• Thompson Pond · lake · Northwest Hills Planning Region · ~25 km · Must-see
• Thompson Pond · lake · Dutchess · ~25 km · Must-see
• Lower Ashokan Reservoir · lake · Ulster · ~26 km · Must-see
• Echo Lake · lake · Ulster · ~30 km · Must-see
• Lake Taghkanic State Park · lake · Columbia · ~32 km · Must-see
• Mohonk Lake · lake · Ulster · ~34 km · Must-see
• Cooper Lake · lake · Ulster · ~34 km · Must-see
• Upper Ashokan Reservoir · lake · Ulster · ~35 km · Must-see

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