Upper Reservoir Dam

Upper Reservoir 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 Upper Reservoir 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 Upper Reservoir Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.54035, -72.82206. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Upper Reservoir Dam

• Bear Swamp · sanctuary · Franklin · ~1 km · Must-see
• Kenneth Dubuque Memorial State Forest · sanctuary · Franklin · ~9 km · Must-see
• Chapel Brook · church · Franklin · ~10 km · Must-see
• Mount Institute · viewpoint · Franklin · ~11 km · Must-see
• Bridge of Flowers · attraction · Franklin · ~12 km · Must-see
• Bryant Homestead · sanctuary · Hampshire · ~15 km · Must-see
• Massaemett Mountain · viewpoint · Franklin · ~15 km · Must-see
• Pocumtuck Mountain · viewpoint · Franklin · ~16 km · Must-see
• Hail to the Sunrise · fort · Franklin · ~17 km · Must-see
• Notchview · sanctuary · Berkshire · ~21 km · Must-see
• Chesterfield Gorge Reservation · sanctuary · Hampshire · ~21 km · Must-see
• Historic Deerfield Walking Tour · museum · Franklin · ~22 km · Must-see
• Borden Mountain · viewpoint · Berkshire · ~23 km · Must-see
• Petticoat Hill · viewpoint · Hampshire · ~23 km · Must-see
• Pocumtuck Rock · viewpoint · Franklin · ~24 km · Must-see
• Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation · sanctuary · Franklin · ~25 km · Must-see
• South Sugarloaf Mountain · viewpoint · Franklin · ~25 km · Must-see
• Rowe State Forest · sanctuary · Franklin · ~27 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Upper Reservoir Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Upper Reservoir Dam

• Ashmere Lake · lake · Berkshire · ~30 km · Must-see
• Harriman Dam · lake · Windham · ~36 km · Must-see
• Campus Pond · lake · Hampshire · ~37 km · Must-see
• Littleville Lake · lake · Hampden · ~38 km · Must-see
• Oxbow Marina · lake · Hampshire · ~40 km · Must-see
• Lake Wyola State Park · lake · Franklin · ~40 km · Must-see
• Lake Wyola · lake · Franklin · ~40 km · Must-see
• Silver Lake · lake · Berkshire · ~45 km · Must-see
• Whiting Street Reservoir · lake · Hampden · ~46 km · Must-see
• Onota Lake · lake · Berkshire · ~48 km · Must-see

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