Dardanelle Dam

Dardanelle 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 Dardanelle 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 Dardanelle Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.24783, -93.17242. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Dardanelle Dam

• Confederate Memorial Park & Pine Knob Mountain Bike Skills Park · park · Pope · ~4 km · Must-see
• First Christian Church · church · Pope · ~6 km · Must-see
• Lake Dardanelle State Park · lake · Pope · ~7 km · Must-see
• KARV-AM (Russellville) · attraction · Pope · ~7 km · Must-see
• KMTC-FM (Russellville) · attraction · Pope · ~8 km · Must-see
• Mount Nebo State Park · sanctuary · Yell · ~10 km · Must-see
• Winthrop Rockefeller Lake · lake · Pope · ~18 km · Must-see
• Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Pope · ~20 km · Must-see
• Lake Dardanelle · lake · Logan · ~22 km · Must-see
• Arkansas River Valley · viewpoint · Johnson · ~27 km · Must-see
• Petit Jean State Park · sanctuary · Conway · ~33 km · Must-see
• Nimrod Dam · lake · Perry · ~41 km · Must-see
• First Presbyterian Church · church · Johnson · ~46 km · Must-see
• Subiaco Abbey · church · Logan · ~53 km · Must-see
• Mount Magazine State Park · sanctuary · Logan · ~54 km · Must-see
• Magazine Mountain · viewpoint · Logan · ~55 km · Must-see
• Blue Mountain Dam · lake · Yell · ~58 km · Must-see
• Flatside Wilderness · sanctuary · Perry · ~59 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Dardanelle Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Dardanelle Dam

• Lake Dardanelle State Park · lake · Pope · ~7 km · Must-see
• Winthrop Rockefeller Lake · lake · Pope · ~18 km · Must-see
• Lake Dardanelle · lake · Logan · ~22 km · Must-see
• Nimrod Dam · lake · Perry · ~41 km · Must-see
• Blue Mountain Dam · lake · Yell · ~58 km · Must-see
• Lake Maumelle · lake · Pulaski · ~85 km · Must-see
• Lake Ouachita State Park · lake · Garland · ~88 km · Must-see
• Lake Ouachita · lake · Garland · ~91 km · Must-see
• Lake Conway Dam · lake · Faulkner · ~96 km · Must-see
• Lake Willastein Dam · lake · Pulaski · ~103 km · Must-see

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