Frost Dam

Frost 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 Frost 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 Frost Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.20629, -103.09340. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Frost Dam

• Carhenge · attraction · Box Butte · ~26 km · Must-see
• Alliance Baptist Church · church · Box Butte · ~28 km · Must-see
• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~36 km · Must-see
• Crawford Hill · viewpoint · Dawes · ~60 km · Must-see
• Pine Ridge National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Dawes · ~61 km · Must-see
• Lake Crawford · sanctuary · Fall River · ~72 km · Must-see
• Bridgeport State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Morrill · ~73 km · Must-see
• Agate Fossil Beds National Monument · sanctuary · Sioux · ~74 km · Must-see
• Chimney Rock National Historic Site · sanctuary · Morrill · ~75 km · Must-see
• Fort Robinson · fort · Fall River · ~75 km · Must-see
• Hemingford City Park · park · Box Butte · ~16 km
• Laing Park · park · Box Butte · ~26 km
• Hal Murray Softball Complex · park · Box Butte · ~26 km
• Kilpatrick Lake · lake · Box Butte · ~26 km
• Knight Park · park · Box Butte · ~26 km
• Sudman Field · park · Box Butte · ~26 km
• Wild Horse Butte · viewpoint · Box Butte · ~27 km
• City of Alliance Central Park Fountain · fort · Box Butte · ~27 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Frost Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Frost Dam

• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~36 km · Must-see
• East Gering Drain Dam · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~78 km · Must-see
• Hawk Springs State Recreation Area · lake · Goshen · ~133 km · Must-see
• Kilpatrick Lake · lake · Box Butte · ~26 km
• Box Butte Reservoir State Wildlife Management Area · lake · Dawes · ~35 km
• Minatare Lake State Recreation Area · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~56 km
• Bastron Lake · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~57 km
• Wildhorse Dam 14-A · lake · Morrill · ~59 km
• Hiers Lake · lake · Sheridan · ~60 km
• Lane Lake · lake · Sheridan · ~62 km

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