UVA Wise #2 Dam

UVA Wise #2 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 UVA Wise #2 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 UVA Wise #2 Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.97814, -82.56389. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near UVA Wise #2 Dam

• High Knob · viewpoint · Harlan · ~14 km · Must-see
• High Knob · viewpoint · Wise · ~14 km · Must-see
• Camp Rock · viewpoint · Harlan · ~15 km · Must-see
• Little Stony Creek · sanctuary · Letcher · ~20 km · Must-see
• Clinch Ranger District Cluster · sanctuary · Letcher · ~21 km · Must-see
• North Fork Pound Reservoir · lake · Letcher · ~22 km · Must-see
• Devils Fork · sanctuary · Harlan · ~23 km · Must-see
• North Fork of the Pound · sanctuary · Letcher · ~24 km · Must-see
• Powell Valley · viewpoint · Harlan · ~25 km · Must-see
• Pound Gap · sanctuary · Letcher · ~26 km · Must-see
• Ralph Stanley Museum · museum · McDowell · ~27 km · Must-see
• Halls Butt · viewpoint · Letcher · ~29 km · Must-see
• Oxbow Lake · lake · Russell · ~29 km · Must-see
• Roaring Branch · sanctuary · Harlan · ~31 km · Must-see
• Pine Mountain · viewpoint · Dickenson · ~33 km · Must-see
• Laurel Fork · sanctuary · Harlan · ~35 km · Must-see
• Black Mountain · viewpoint · Harlan · ~38 km · Must-see
• Clinch River State Park · sanctuary · Russell · ~39 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of UVA Wise #2 Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near UVA Wise #2 Dam

• North Fork Pound Reservoir · lake · Letcher · ~22 km · Must-see
• Oxbow Lake · lake · Russell · ~29 km · Must-see
• John W Flannagan Dam · lake · Dickenson · ~43 km · Must-see
• Carr Creek Lake · lake · Knott · ~59 km · Must-see
• Fishtrap Lake · lake · Mingo · ~65 km · Must-see
• Fishtrap Lake · lake · Pike · ~65 km · Must-see
• Fort Patrick Henry Dam · lake · East Tennessee · ~67 km · Must-see
• Boone Dam · lake · East Tennessee · ~76 km · Must-see
• Boone Lake · lake · East Tennessee · ~79 km · Must-see
• Cranks Creek Lake · lake · Harlan · ~80 km · Must-see

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