Echo Lake Dam

Echo 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 Echo 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 Echo Lake Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.67765, -74.33528. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Echo Lake Dam

• Fairview Cemetery · park · Union · ~2 km · Must-see
• Cranford Canoe Club · attraction · Union · ~4 km · Must-see
• Lake Surprise · lake · Union · ~4 km · Must-see
• Watchung Reservation · sanctuary · Union · ~5 km · Must-see
• Wallace Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church · church · Union · ~5 km · Must-see
• Unitarian Church in Summit · church · Union · ~6 km · Must-see
• Summit Jewish Community Center · sanctuary · Union · ~7 km · Must-see
• Reeves-Reed Arboretum · sanctuary · Union · ~7 km · Must-see
• Congregation B'nai Israel · church · Essex · ~8 km · Must-see
• Lagrande Park · park · Union · ~8 km · Must-see
• Robinson's Branch Reservoir · lake · Union · ~9 km · Must-see
• Greenwood Gardens · sanctuary · Essex · ~10 km · Must-see
• Madison Avenue Park · park · Union · ~10 km · Must-see
• Warinanco Park · park · Union · ~10 km · Must-see
• Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (Colonia) · temple · Middlesex · ~10 km · Must-see
• Hemlock Falls Loop · waterfall · Essex · ~11 km · Must-see
• Saint Johns Episcopal Church · church · Union · ~13 km · Must-see
• Cedar Brook Park · park · Union · ~13 km · Must-see

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

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Echo Lake Dam

• Lake Surprise · lake · Union · ~4 km · Must-see
• Robinson's Branch Reservoir · lake · Union · ~9 km · Must-see
• Basking Ridge Oak Tree · lake · Somerset · ~23 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Park · lake · Hudson · ~27 km · Must-see
• Boonton Reservoir · lake · Morris · ~30 km · Must-see
• Westons Mill Pond · lake · Middlesex · ~31 km · Must-see
• Jersey City Reservoir No. 3 · lake · Hudson · ~31 km · Must-see
• Rainbow Lake · lake · Morris · ~31 km · Must-see
• Estling Lake Dam · lake · Morris · ~33 km · Must-see
• Indian Lake Dam · lake · Morris · ~33 km · Must-see

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