Cott Dam

Cott 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 Cott 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 Cott Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.39380, -97.20708. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Cott Dam

• Kansas Landscape Arboretum · sanctuary · Clay · ~35 km · Must-see
• Milford Lake State Park Marina · lake · Geary · ~51 km · Must-see
• Cloud County Historical Museum · museum · Cloud · ~54 km · Must-see
• Tuttle Creek Lake · lake · Pottawatomie · ~59 km · Must-see
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum · museum · Dickinson · ~67 km · Must-see
• Lander Park Carousel · attraction · Dickinson · ~67 km · Must-see
• Abilene & Smokey Valley Railway · viewpoint · Dickinson · ~67 km · Must-see
• Rock City · park · Ottawa · ~71 km · Must-see
• Kansas State University Gardens · sanctuary · Riley · ~72 km · Must-see
• Sunset Park · park · Riley · ~72 km · Must-see
• Manhattan · church · Riley · ~75 km · Must-see
• First Congregational United Church of Christ · church · Riley · ~75 km · Must-see
• Twin Mounds · viewpoint · Clay · ~9 km
• Clay County Museum · museum · Clay · ~9 km
• Hebron Reformed Presbyterian Church · church · Clay · ~10 km
• Tobyne Hill · viewpoint · Clay · ~12 km
• Table Mounds · viewpoint · Clay · ~14 km
• Potato Hill · viewpoint · Clay · ~16 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Cott Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Cott Dam

• Milford Lake State Park Marina · lake · Geary · ~51 km · Must-see
• Tuttle Creek Lake · lake · Pottawatomie · ~59 km · Must-see
• Lovewell Reservoir · lake · Jewell · ~116 km · Must-see
• Council Grove City Lake Dam · lake · Morris · ~122 km · Must-see
• Waconda Lake · lake · Mitchell · ~129 km · Must-see
• Lake Wabaunsee · lake · Wabaunsee · ~131 km · Must-see
• Kanopolis Dam · lake · Ellsworth · ~136 km · Must-see
• Ottawa County State Lake Dam · lake · Ottawa · ~56 km
• Breakneck Dam · lake · Riley · ~57 km
• Moon Lake Dam · lake · Geary · ~62 km

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