Barnes Dam

Barnes 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 Barnes 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 Barnes Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 32.85283, -83.72477. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Barnes Dam

• Museum of Arts and Sciences · museum · Bibb · ~4 km · Must-see
• Tobesofkee Creek · lake · Bibb · ~8 km · Must-see
• Cannonball House · museum · Bibb · ~11 km · Must-see
• First Presbyterian Church · church · Bibb · ~11 km · Must-see
• Christ Episcopal Church · church · Bibb · ~12 km · Must-see
• Bankston Lake Dam · lake · Bibb · ~14 km · Must-see
• Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park · fort · Bibb · ~14 km · Must-see
• Edwards Lake Dam · lake · Bibb · ~21 km · Must-see
• Bond Swamp · sanctuary · Bibb · ~22 km · Must-see
• protected area of Georgia · sanctuary · Jones · ~29 km · Must-see
• Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Jones · ~30 km · Must-see
• Historic Crawford County Courthouse · attraction · Crawford · ~37 km · Must-see
• Museum of Aviation · museum · Houston · ~40 km · Must-see
• WMGB · attraction · Peach · ~41 km · Must-see
• WDDO · attraction · Peach · ~41 km · Must-see
• WNEX-FM · attraction · Peach · ~41 km · Must-see
• Houston Lake Dam · lake · Houston · ~50 km · Must-see
• Chief Mcintosh Lake Dam · lake · Butts · ~60 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Barnes Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Barnes Dam

• Tobesofkee Creek · lake · Bibb · ~8 km · Must-see
• Bankston Lake Dam · lake · Bibb · ~14 km · Must-see
• Edwards Lake Dam · lake · Bibb · ~21 km · Must-see
• Houston Lake Dam · lake · Houston · ~50 km · Must-see
• Chief Mcintosh Lake Dam · lake · Butts · ~60 km · Must-see
• Lloyd Shoals - Emergency Spillway Dam · lake · Butts · ~66 km · Must-see
• Lake Sinclair · lake · McCormick · ~73 km · Must-see
• Lake Sinclair · lake · Putnam · ~76 km · Must-see
• Lake Bulow Campbell · lake · Newton · ~87 km · Must-see
• Lake Oconee · lake · McCormick · ~96 km · Must-see

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