Phillips Dam

Phillips 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 Phillips 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 Phillips Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.29793, -103.22128. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Phillips Dam

• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~27 km · Must-see
• Crawford Hill · viewpoint · Dawes · ~43 km · Must-see
• Carhenge · attraction · Box Butte · ~43 km · Must-see
• Alliance Baptist Church · church · Box Butte · ~46 km · Must-see
• Pine Ridge National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Dawes · ~48 km · Must-see
• Lake Crawford · sanctuary · Fall River · ~55 km · Must-see
• Agate Fossil Beds National Monument · sanctuary · Sioux · ~57 km · Must-see
• Fort Robinson · fort · Fall River · ~57 km · Must-see
• Soldier Creek Wilderness · sanctuary · Sioux · ~68 km · Must-see
• Hemingford City Park · park · Box Butte · ~15 km
• Box Butte Reservoir State Wildlife Management Area · lake · Dawes · ~25 km
• Kilpatrick Lake · lake · Box Butte · ~30 km
• Wild Horse Butte · viewpoint · Box Butte · ~39 km
• First Woman Mound · viewpoint · Dawes · ~41 km
• Laing Park · park · Box Butte · ~44 km
• Hal Murray Softball Complex · park · Box Butte · ~44 km
• Sudman Field · park · Box Butte · ~44 km
• Knight Park · park · Box Butte · ~44 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Phillips Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Phillips Dam

• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~27 km · Must-see
• East Gering Drain Dam · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~81 km · Must-see
• Hawk Springs State Recreation Area · lake · Goshen · ~129 km · Must-see
• Angostura Dam · lake · Fall River · ~147 km · Must-see
• Box Butte Reservoir State Wildlife Management Area · lake · Dawes · ~25 km
• Kilpatrick Lake · lake · Box Butte · ~30 km
• McDowell Dam Number 1 · lake · Dawes · ~55 km
• Red Woman Dam · lake · Dawes · ~55 km
• Minatare Lake State Recreation Area · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~58 km
• Lake Alice Upper Dam · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~60 km

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