Kessler Dam

Kessler 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 Kessler 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 Kessler Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.01653, -117.53176. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Kessler Dam

• Mount Horrible · viewpoint · Asotin · ~14 km · Must-see
• Camp Wooten Retreat Center · sanctuary · Columbia · ~35 km · Must-see
• Fields Spring State Park · sanctuary · Asotin · ~35 km · Must-see
• Milk Shakes · viewpoint · Columbia · ~36 km · Must-see
• Joseph Canyon · sanctuary · Asotin · ~47 km · Must-see
• Jubilee Lake · lake · Columbia · ~49 km · Must-see
• Langdon Lake · lake · Walla Walla · ~63 km · Must-see
• Lewis & Clark Trail State Park · sanctuary · Columbia · ~64 km · Must-see
• North Fork Umatilla Wilderness · sanctuary · Umatilla · ~71 km · Must-see
• Grouse Flats State Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Garfield · ~4 km
• Grouse Flat · lake · Asotin · ~8 km
• Tule Lake · lake · Asotin · ~10 km
• Wenaha Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Garfield · ~15 km
• South Tucannon Spring · attraction · Garfield · ~16 km
• Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness · sanctuary · Columbia · ~16 km
• 4-O Ranch Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Asotin · ~17 km
• tíkem Falls · waterfall · Wallowa · ~20 km
• Count Chute Ridge · waterfall · Garfield · ~24 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Kessler Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Kessler Dam

• Jubilee Lake · lake · Columbia · ~49 km · Must-see
• Langdon Lake · lake · Walla Walla · ~63 km · Must-see
• Lower Granite Lake Dam · lake · Garfield · ~90 km · Must-see
• Winchester Dam · lake · Lewis · ~93 km · Must-see
• Legore Lake · lake · Wallowa · ~100 km · Must-see
• Maxwell Lake · lake · Wallowa · ~107 km · Must-see
• Lake West Dam · lake · Franklin · ~107 km · Must-see
• Billy Jones Lake · lake · Wallowa · ~108 km · Must-see
• Morgan Lake Park · lake · Union · ~116 km · Must-see
• Aneroid Lake · lake · Wallowa · ~117 km · Must-see

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