Dam Number 5

Dam Number 5: 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 Dam Number 5

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 Dam Number 5 — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.12556, -94.80191. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Dam Number 5

• Mound City's post · church · Linn · ~3 km · Must-see
• Trading Post's fort · museum · Linn · ~21 km · Must-see
• Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Linn · ~21 km · Must-see
• Massacre Memorial State Park · park · Linn · ~29 km · Must-see
• Lunette Blair-Blockhouse · fort · Bourbon · ~41 km · Must-see
• Fort Scott National Historic Site · fort · Bourbon · ~41 km · Must-see
• Anderson County Courthouse · fort · Anderson · ~53 km · Must-see
• John Brown Museum · museum · Miami · ~55 km · Must-see
• Blue Mound · viewpoint · Vernon · ~66 km · Must-see
• Osage Village State Historic Site · park · Vernon · ~68 km · Must-see
• Assembly of God Church · church · Allen · ~71 km · Must-see
• Prairie Spirit Trail State Park · sanctuary · Franklin · ~73 km · Must-see
• Mine Creek Battlefield Park · fort · Linn · ~9 km
• Pleasanton Lake Dam · lake · Linn · ~11 km
• Pleasanton Church of the Nazarene · church · Linn · ~12 km
• Linn County Museum · museum · Linn · ~12 km
• Pleasanton Presbyterian Church · church · Linn · ~12 km
• Pleasanton United Methodist Church · church · Linn · ~12 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Dam Number 5

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Dam Number 5

• Hillsdale Lake · lake · Miami · ~79 km · Must-see
• Neosho State Fishing Lake · lake · Neosho · ~107 km · Must-see
• John Redmond Dam · lake · Coffey · ~107 km · Must-see
• Lake Clare · lake · Johnson · ~109 km · Must-see
• Pomona Dam · lake · Osage · ~110 km · Must-see
• Longview Lake Park · lake · Johnson · ~113 km · Must-see
• Longview Lake · lake · Jackson · ~115 km · Must-see
• Lake Parsons · lake · Neosho · ~115 km · Must-see
• Lone Star Lake Dam · lake · Douglas · ~118 km · Must-see
• Melvern Lake · lake · Osage · ~121 km · Must-see

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