Lacul Cătușa

Lacul Cătușa: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning. 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 Lacul Cătușa

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Busiest days: Weekends, public holidays, Sankranti and Dasara breaks.

Crowd: Heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning.

Typical week: Mon busy · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri busy · Sat packed · Sun packed.

How to reach Lacul Cătușa — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 45.42171, 27.99924. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Lacul Cătușa

• Castrum Romanum of Tirighina-Bărboși · fort · Galați · ~3 km · Must-see
• Grădina Botanică Galați · park · Galați · ~3 km · Must-see
• Biserica Fortificată Precista · church · Galați · ~5 km · Must-see
• Biserica romano-catolică din Galați · church · Galați · ~6 km · Must-see
• Brateș Lake · lake · Galați · ~10 km · Must-see
• IAR-93 · fort · Brăila · ~10 km · Must-see
• MiG-21 · fort · Brăila · ~10 km · Must-see
• Cetatea Dinogeția · fort · Tulcea · ~15 km · Must-see
• Museum of Brăila · museum · Brăila · ~21 km · Must-see
• Biserica „Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil" · church · Brăila · ~21 km · Must-see
• Lake Beleu · lake · ~27 km · Must-see
• Cetatea Arrubium · fort · Tulcea · ~28 km · Must-see
• Kartal Hillfort · fort · Izmail Raion · ~43 km · Must-see
• Troesmis · fort · Tulcea · ~43 km · Must-see
• Аліобрикс · fort · Izmail Raion · ~44 km · Must-see
• "Cocos" Orthodox Monastery Museum Collection · museum · Tulcea · ~50 km · Must-see
• Biserica „Sfântul Gheorghe” · church · Galați · ~50 km · Must-see
• I love Vulkanesti · fort · Gagauzia · ~54 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Lacul Cătușa

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Lacul Cătușa

• Brateș Lake · lake · Galați · ~10 km · Must-see
• Lake Beleu · lake · ~27 km · Must-see
• Manta lake · lake · ~55 km · Must-see
• Lake Yalpuh · lake · Izmail Raion · ~63 km · Must-see
• Balta Amara · lake · Buzău · ~74 km · Must-see
• Lake Cahul · lake · Izmail Raion · ~37 km
• Iacobdeal Lake · lake · Tulcea · ~49 km
• Prorva Sluice · lake · Izmail Raion · ~49 km
• Kartal Lake · lake · Izmail Raion · ~52 km
• Lake Kartal · lake · Izmail Raion · ~53 km

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