Bowscale Tarn

Bowscale Tarn: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. 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 Bowscale Tarn

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Bowscale Tarn — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -42.12829, 172.95386. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bowscale Tarn

• Island Saddle · viewpoint · Tasman · ~18 km · Must-see
• Wards Pass · viewpoint · Tasman · ~25 km · Must-see
• Saint Arnaud Range · viewpoint · Tasman · ~29 km · Must-see
• Mount Franklin · viewpoint · Tasman · ~29 km · Must-see
• Mount Cupola · viewpoint · Tasman · ~31 km · Must-see
• Dillon Cone · viewpoint · Marlborough · ~34 km · Must-see
• Travers-Sabine Circuit · trek · Tasman · ~35 km · Must-see
• Nelson Lakes National Park · sanctuary · Tasman · ~35 km · Must-see
• Angelus Peak · viewpoint · Tasman · ~38 km · Must-see
• Spenser Mountains · viewpoint · Tasman · ~42 km · Must-see
• Mount Robert · viewpoint · Tasman · ~44 km · Must-see
• Mount Lyford · viewpoint · Hurunui · ~50 km · Must-see
• Hanmer Conservation Park · sanctuary · Hurunui · ~56 km · Must-see
• Mount Woolley · viewpoint · Hurunui · ~56 km · Must-see
• Old Queen Mary Hospital · sanctuary · Hurunui · ~56 km · Must-see
• Braeburn Range · viewpoint · Tasman · ~59 km · Must-see
• Saint James Walkway · trek · Hurunui · ~61 km · Must-see
• Mount Symons · viewpoint · Marlborough · ~65 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Bowscale Tarn

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Bowscale Tarn

• Bowscale Tarn · lake · Tasman · ~0 km
• Fish Lake · lake · Marlborough · ~2 km
• Fish Lake · lake · Tasman · ~3 km
• Island Lake · lake · Marlborough · ~4 km
• Island Lake · lake · Tasman · ~4 km
• Lake Sedgemere · lake · Marlborough · ~4 km
• Lake Tennyson Scenic Reserve · lake · Hurunui · ~25 km
• Rangitahi / Lake Tennyson · lake · Hurunui · ~25 km
• Lake Tennyson · lake · Tasman · ~25 km
• Princess Bath · lake · Hurunui · ~28 km

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