Blue Star Upper Dam

Blue Star Upper 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 dam: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Blue Star Upper 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 Blue Star Upper Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.24338, -82.54501. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Blue Star Upper Dam

• Holmes Educational State Forest · sanctuary · Greenville · ~3 km · Must-see
• McAlpine Mountain · viewpoint · Greenville · ~12 km · Must-see
• Lake Summit · lake · Greenville · ~15 km · Must-see
• Robinson Rock House Ruin and Plantation Site · fort · Greenville · ~20 km · Must-see
• Caesars Head Mountain · viewpoint · Greenville · ~21 km · Must-see
• Chestnut Mountain · viewpoint · Greenville · ~22 km · Must-see
• Chestnut Mountain · viewpoint · Transylvania · ~22 km · Must-see
• Raven Cliff Falls · waterfall · Greenville · ~23 km · Must-see
• Looking Glass Rock · viewpoint · Transylvania · ~29 km · Must-see
• Lake Julian · lake · East Tennessee · ~32 km · Must-see
• Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve · sanctuary · Greenville · ~33 km · Must-see
• Mount Pisgah · sanctuary · East Tennessee · ~35 km · Must-see
• North Carolina Arboretum · park · East Tennessee · ~36 km · Must-see
• North Carolina Arboretum · park · Buncombe · ~36 km · Must-see
• Sassafras Mountain · viewpoint · Transylvania · ~36 km · Must-see
• Graveyard Fields · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~36 km · Must-see
• Sassafras Mountain · viewpoint · Pickens · ~36 km · Must-see
• Pinnacle Mountain · viewpoint · Pickens · ~37 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Blue Star Upper Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Blue Star Upper Dam

• Lake Summit · lake · Greenville · ~15 km · Must-see
• Lake Julian · lake · East Tennessee · ~32 km · Must-see
• Lake Adger · lake · East Tennessee · ~39 km · Must-see
• Lake Ashnoca · lake · East Tennessee · ~45 km · Must-see
• Lake Lure · lake · East Tennessee · ~47 km · Must-see
• Saluda Lake · lake · Pickens · ~52 km · Must-see
• Beaver Lake · lake · East Tennessee · ~54 km · Must-see
• Lake Jocassee · lake · Oconee · ~55 km · Must-see
• Lake William C Bowen · lake · Spartanburg · ~57 km · Must-see
• Jocassee Dam · lake · Oconee · ~58 km · Must-see

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