Pine Lake Dam

Pine Lake 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 Pine Lake 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 Pine Lake Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.62416, -90.81155. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pine Lake Dam

• New Philadelphia National Historic Site · fort · Pike · ~19 km · Must-see
• Naples Mound 8 · fort · Pike · ~20 km · Must-see
• Free Frank McWorter Grave Site · sanctuary · Pike · ~26 km · Must-see
• Mound House · fort · Greene · ~30 km · Must-see
• Kamp Mound Site · fort · Calhoun · ~46 km · Must-see
• Meredosia Island · lake · Cass · ~46 km · Must-see
• Buckner Hollow · viewpoint · Pike · ~51 km · Must-see
• Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum · museum · Marion · ~60 km · Must-see
• Riverview Park · park · Marion · ~61 km · Must-see
• Rickey Hollow · viewpoint · Marion · ~64 km · Must-see
• Lake Jacksonville Dam · lake · Morgan · ~64 km · Must-see
• Koster Site · fort · Greene · ~64 km · Must-see
• Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Chapel and Cemetery · church · Adams · ~71 km · Must-see
• Pittsfield East School · museum · Pike · ~2 km
• Pike County All Wars Museum · museum · Pike · ~2 km
• Lake Pittsfield · lake · Pike · ~7 km
• New Pittsfield Lake Number 2 · lake · Pike · ~10 km
• Calvert Hill · viewpoint · Pike · ~11 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Pine Lake Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Pine Lake Dam

• Meredosia Island · lake · Cass · ~46 km · Must-see
• Lake Jacksonville Dam · lake · Morgan · ~64 km · Must-see
• Waverly Lake · lake · Morgan · ~85 km · Must-see
• Clarence Cannon Dam · lake · Ralls · ~90 km · Must-see
• Otter Lake Dam · lake · Macoupin · ~101 km · Must-see
• Anderson Lake State Conservation Area · lake · Fulton · ~104 km · Must-see
• Beaver Dam State Park · lake · Macoupin · ~106 km · Must-see
• Alton Military Prison Site · lake · Madison · ~122 km · Must-see
• Lake Springfield · lake · Sangamon · ~126 km · Must-see
• Creve Coeur Lake · lake · Calhoun · ~131 km · Must-see

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