Hope Lake

Hope Lake: 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 Hope Lake

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 Hope Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.22718, -93.72610. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Hope Lake

• Magazine Mountain · viewpoint · Logan · ~12 km · Must-see
• Mount Magazine State Park · sanctuary · Logan · ~13 km · Must-see
• Subiaco Abbey · church · Logan · ~14 km · Must-see
• Blue Mountain Dam · lake · Yell · ~19 km · Must-see
• Saint Mary Catholic Church · church · Franklin · ~32 km · Must-see
• Arkansas River Valley · viewpoint · Johnson · ~44 km · Must-see
• First Presbyterian Church · church · Johnson · ~45 km · Must-see
• Lake Dardanelle · lake · Logan · ~48 km · Must-see
• Mount Nebo State Park · sanctuary · Yell · ~54 km · Must-see
• Center Point Road · fort · Crawford · ~55 km · Must-see
• Lake Dardanelle State Park · lake · Pope · ~60 km · Must-see
• Ouachita National Recreation Trail · trek · Yell · ~61 km · Must-see
• Black Mountain · viewpoint · Franklin · ~64 km · Must-see
• KARV-AM (Russellville) · attraction · Pope · ~66 km · Must-see
• Confederate Memorial Park & Pine Knob Mountain Bike Skills Park · park · Pope · ~67 km · Must-see
• KMTC-FM (Russellville) · attraction · Pope · ~67 km · Must-see
• John Paul Hammerschmidt Lake · lake · Arkansas · ~67 km · Must-see
• First Christian Church · church · Pope · ~68 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Hope Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Hope Lake

• Blue Mountain Dam · lake · Yell · ~19 km · Must-see
• Lake Dardanelle · lake · Logan · ~48 km · Must-see
• Lake Dardanelle State Park · lake · Pope · ~60 km · Must-see
• John Paul Hammerschmidt Lake · lake · Arkansas · ~67 km · Must-see
• Nimrod Dam · lake · Perry · ~75 km · Must-see
• Winthrop Rockefeller Lake · lake · Pope · ~77 km · Must-see
• Lake Ouachita · lake · Garland · ~94 km · Must-see
• New Spiro Lake Dam · lake · LeFlore · ~101 km · Must-see
• Lake Ouachita State Park · lake · Garland · ~105 km · Must-see
• Bard Springs Dam Number 2 · lake · Polk · ~121 km · Must-see

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