Buffalo Dam

Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.97543, -118.95899. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Buffalo Dam

• Malheur National Forest · sanctuary · Grant · ~32 km · Must-see
• Flagtail Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~44 km · Must-see
• Strawberry Mountain Wilderness · sanctuary · Grant · ~50 km · Must-see
• Buck Falls · waterfall · Grant · ~51 km · Must-see
• Strawberry Falls · waterfall · Grant · ~52 km · Must-see
• Strawberry Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~53 km · Must-see
• Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site · park · Grant · ~62 km · Must-see
• Kam Wah Chung Company Building · museum · Grant · ~62 km · Must-see
• Lookout Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~64 km · Must-see
• Delintment Lake Dam · lake · Harney · ~68 km · Must-see
• WogonagaT potso-na Flat Spring · attraction · Harney · ~20 km
• Devine Monument · fort · Harney · ~27 km
• Tuhu-u Spring · attraction · Harney · ~32 km
• Clemens Dam · lake · Harney · ~34 km
• Deer Cave Canyon · cave · Harney · ~41 km
• Cave Gulch · cave · Harney · ~43 km
• Griffin Creek Dam · lake · Harney · ~44 km
• Knox Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~51 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Buffalo Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Buffalo Dam

• Delintment Lake Dam · lake · Harney · ~68 km · Must-see
• Magone Lake · lake · Grant · ~80 km · Must-see
• Agency Valley Dam · lake · Malheur · ~81 km · Must-see
• Chickahominy Reservoir · lake · Harney · ~89 km · Must-see
• Warm Springs Reservoir · lake · Malheur · ~89 km · Must-see
• Malheur Lake · lake · Harney · ~90 km · Must-see
• Harney Lake · lake · Harney · ~105 km · Must-see
• Malheur Dam · lake · Malheur · ~139 km · Must-see
• Antelope Flat Reservoir · lake · Crook · ~143 km · Must-see
• Twin Lakes · lake · Baker · ~145 km · Must-see

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