Speas Dam

Speas 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 Speas 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 Speas Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.76072, -103.57090. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Speas Dam

• Soldier Creek Wilderness · sanctuary · Sioux · ~10 km · Must-see
• Hudson-Meng Bison Kill · fort · Fall River · ~10 km · Must-see
• Toadstool Geologic Park · sanctuary · Fall River · ~15 km · Must-see
• Fort Robinson · fort · Fall River · ~17 km · Must-see
• Lake Crawford · sanctuary · Fall River · ~20 km · Must-see
• Oglala National Grassland · sanctuary · Sioux · ~23 km · Must-see
• Sowbelly Canyon · viewpoint · Fall River · ~26 km · Must-see
• Crawford Hill · viewpoint · Dawes · ~32 km · Must-see
• Pine Ridge National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Dawes · ~46 km · Must-see
• Agate Fossil Beds National Monument · sanctuary · Sioux · ~50 km · Must-see
• Chadron · church · Fall River · ~59 km · Must-see
• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~65 km · Must-see
• Roundtop · viewpoint · Sioux · ~9 km
• Pine Butte · viewpoint · Sioux · ~9 km
• Fort Robinson Wildlife Area · fort · Sioux · ~12 km
• Benedict Buttes · viewpoint · Dawes · ~13 km
• Fort Robinson State Park · fort · Sioux · ~13 km
• Mike Kern Hills · viewpoint · Dawes · ~16 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Speas Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Speas Dam

• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~65 km · Must-see
• Angostura Dam · lake · Fall River · ~82 km · Must-see
• East Gering Drain Dam · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~136 km · Must-see
• Glendo Dam · lake · Platte · ~146 km · Must-see
• McDowell Dam Number 1 · lake · Dawes · ~23 km
• Red Woman Dam · lake · Dawes · ~23 km
• Pilster Reservoir · lake · Fall River · ~28 km
• Jordan Reservoir · lake · Fall River · ~33 km
• Mader Reservoir Number 1 · lake · Fall River · ~40 km
• Henry Reservoir Number 1 · lake · Fall River · ~43 km

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