Tucker Dam

Tucker 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 Tucker 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 Tucker Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.99471, -102.98692. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Tucker Dam

• Lake Carl Etling · lake · Baca · ~24 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa State Park;Lake Carl Etling Public Fishing Area · lake · Cimarron · ~24 km · Must-see
• West Pawnee Trail Canyon · viewpoint · Baca · ~33 km · Must-see
• Camp Nichols · fort · Baca · ~34 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~42 km · Must-see
• Mesa de Maya · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~59 km · Must-see
• Comanche National Grassland · sanctuary · Las Animas · ~67 km · Must-see
• Preston Boundary Monument · fort · Baca · ~2 km
• Sugarloaf Butte · viewpoint · Union · ~4 km
• Middle Mesa · viewpoint · Union · ~9 km
• Robbers Roost Peak · viewpoint · Cimarron · ~9 km
• Red Hill · viewpoint · Union · ~10 km
• Bear Canyon · viewpoint · Baca · ~11 km
• Big Canyon Mesa · viewpoint · Union · ~11 km
• Kenton Museum · museum · Cimarron · ~13 km
• Old Post Office · fort · Cimarron · ~13 km
• Independence Arch · viewpoint · Cimarron · ~14 km
• Potter Rincon · viewpoint · Union · ~14 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Tucker Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Tucker Dam

• Lake Carl Etling · lake · Baca · ~24 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa State Park;Lake Carl Etling Public Fishing Area · lake · Cimarron · ~24 km · Must-see
• John Martin Reservoir · lake · Bent · ~149 km · Must-see
• John Martin Reservoir State Park · lake · Bent · ~150 km · Must-see
• Lake Carl Etling Dam · lake · Cimarron · ~24 km
• Clayton Lake Dam · lake · Union · ~68 km
• Clayton Lake State Park and Dinosaur Trackways · lake · Union · ~68 km
• Eklund Storage Works Dam · lake · Union · ~75 km
• Brown Reservoir Dam · lake · Union · ~77 km
• Weatherly Dam · lake · Union · ~86 km

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