Hansen Dam

Hansen 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 Hansen 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 Hansen Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.23591, -103.20641. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Hansen Dam

• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~34 km · Must-see
• Carhenge · attraction · Box Butte · ~38 km · Must-see
• Alliance Baptist Church · church · Box Butte · ~40 km · Must-see
• Crawford Hill · viewpoint · Dawes · ~52 km · Must-see
• Pine Ridge National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Dawes · ~56 km · Must-see
• Agate Fossil Beds National Monument · sanctuary · Sioux · ~61 km · Must-see
• Lake Crawford · sanctuary · Fall River · ~64 km · Must-see
• Fort Robinson · fort · Fall River · ~66 km · Must-see
• Westmoor Park · park · Scotts Bluff · ~71 km · Must-see
• Riverside Park · park · Scotts Bluff · ~73 km · Must-see
• Northfield Park · park · Scotts Bluff · ~73 km · Must-see
• Fort Mitchell · fort · Scotts Bluff · ~74 km · Must-see
• East Gering Drain Dam · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~75 km · Must-see
• Hemingford City Park · park · Box Butte · ~18 km
• Kilpatrick Lake · lake · Box Butte · ~22 km
• Box Butte Reservoir State Wildlife Management Area · lake · Dawes · ~32 km
• Wild Horse Butte · viewpoint · Box Butte · ~37 km
• Hal Murray Softball Complex · park · Box Butte · ~38 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Hansen Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Hansen Dam

• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~34 km · Must-see
• East Gering Drain Dam · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~75 km · Must-see
• Hawk Springs State Recreation Area · lake · Goshen · ~126 km · Must-see
• Kilpatrick Lake · lake · Box Butte · ~22 km
• Box Butte Reservoir State Wildlife Management Area · lake · Dawes · ~32 km
• Minatare Lake State Recreation Area · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~52 km
• Lake Alice Upper Dam · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~55 km
• Bastron Lake · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~56 km
• Wildhorse Dam 14-A · lake · Morrill · ~59 km
• McDowell Dam Number 1 · lake · Dawes · ~64 km

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