E Check Dam

E Check 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 E Check 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 E Check Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.03216, -103.66517. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near E Check Dam

• Oglala National Grassland · sanctuary · Sioux · ~20 km · Must-see
• Toadstool Geologic Park · sanctuary · Fall River · ~24 km · Must-see
• Hudson-Meng Bison Kill · fort · Fall River · ~29 km · Must-see
• Sowbelly Canyon · viewpoint · Fall River · ~41 km · Must-see
• Soldier Creek Wilderness · sanctuary · Sioux · ~47 km · Must-see
• Angostura Dam · lake · Fall River · ~49 km · Must-see
• Fort Robinson · fort · Fall River · ~54 km · Must-see
• Lake Crawford · sanctuary · Fall River · ~57 km · Must-see
• The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD · museum · Fall River · ~58 km · Must-see
• Crawford Hill · viewpoint · Dawes · ~69 km · Must-see
• Chadron · church · Fall River · ~73 km · Must-see
• Hunter Hill · viewpoint · Fall River · ~2 km
• Cody-Yellow Hair Battlefield Monument · fort · Fall River · ~15 km
• Warbonnet Battlefield Monument · fort · Fall River · ~16 km
• Warbonnet Battlefield · park · Sioux · ~16 km
• Cody-Yellowhand Battlefield · park · Sioux · ~16 km
• Mader Reservoir Number 1 · lake · Fall River · ~16 km
• Stony Hill · viewpoint · Sioux · ~17 km

See everything within a day’s drive of E Check Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near E Check Dam

• Angostura Dam · lake · Fall River · ~49 km · Must-see
• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~99 km · Must-see
• Sylvan Lake · lake · Custer · ~114 km · Must-see
• Lakota Dam · lake · Custer · ~117 km · Must-see
• Horse Thief Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~121 km · Must-see
• Sheridan Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~133 km · Must-see
• Pactola Reservoir Recreation Area · lake · Pennington · ~146 km · Must-see
• Mader Reservoir Number 1 · lake · Fall River · ~16 km
• Henry Reservoir Number 1 · lake · Fall River · ~20 km
• Jordan Reservoir · lake · Fall River · ~35 km

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