Baumgartner Dam

Baumgartner 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 Baumgartner 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 Baumgartner Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.89887, -92.11320. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Baumgartner Dam

• Westminster Historic Gymnasium · sanctuary · Callaway · ~18 km · Must-see
• Maplewood House · fort · Boone · ~20 km · Must-see
• Sanborn Field · sanctuary · Boone · ~23 km · Must-see
• Museum of Art & Archaeology · museum · Boone · ~24 km · Must-see
• Albert-Oakland Park · park · Boone · ~24 km · Must-see
• Missouri United Methodist Church · church · Boone · ~24 km · Must-see
• Francis Quadrangle · park · Boone · ~24 km · Must-see
• First Christian Church · church · Boone · ~24 km · Must-see
• Second Baptist Church · church · Boone · ~25 km · Must-see
• J.W. "Blind Boone" Home · fort · Boone · ~25 km · Must-see
• Cosmo Park · park · Boone · ~29 km · Must-see
• Rocky Fork Lakes Conservation Area · sanctuary · Boone · ~32 km · Must-see
• Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Boone · ~37 km · Must-see
• Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area · sanctuary · Boone · ~37 km · Must-see
• Katy Trail State Park · sanctuary · Cole · ~40 km · Must-see
• Cathedral of Saint Joseph · church · Cole · ~44 km · Must-see
• Fountain of the Centaurs · lake · Cole · ~45 km · Must-see
• Missouri State Capitol · museum · Cole · ~45 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Baumgartner Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Baumgartner Dam

• Fountain of the Centaurs · lake · Cole · ~45 km · Must-see
• Clarence Cannon Dam · lake · Ralls · ~101 km · Must-see
• Frisco Lake · lake · Phelps · ~136 km · Must-see
• Lake of the Ozarks · lake · Camden · ~140 km · Must-see
• Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area · lake · Callaway · ~2 km
• Troy Newman Lake 1 · lake · Boone · ~8 km
• Reeds Lake Dam · lake · Callaway · ~8 km
• Eve Lake Dam · lake · Callaway · ~9 km
• Landhuis Lake Dam · lake · Boone · ~11 km
• Lake Lavista Dam · lake · Boone · ~12 km

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