Roaring Brook Dam

Roaring Brook Dam: 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 Roaring Brook Dam

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 Roaring Brook Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.47004, -72.66495. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Roaring Brook Dam

• South Sugarloaf Mountain · viewpoint · Franklin · ~7 km · Must-see
• Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation · sanctuary · Franklin · ~8 km · Must-see
• Chapel Brook · church · Franklin · ~10 km · Must-see
• Pocumtuck Rock · viewpoint · Franklin · ~12 km · Must-see
• Historic Deerfield Walking Tour · museum · Franklin · ~12 km · Must-see
• Mount Toby · viewpoint · Franklin · ~13 km · Must-see
• Petticoat Hill · viewpoint · Hampshire · ~15 km · Must-see
• Robert Frost Trail · trek · Hampshire · ~16 km · Must-see
• Look Memorial Park · park · Hampshire · ~17 km · Must-see
• Old Chapel · church · Hampshire · ~18 km · Must-see
• Campus Pond · lake · Hampshire · ~18 km · Must-see
• Leverett Peace Pagoda · Buddhist site · Franklin · ~18 km · Must-see
• Rattlesnake Gutter Conservation Area · viewpoint · Franklin · ~18 km · Must-see
• Bear Swamp · sanctuary · Franklin · ~20 km · Must-see
• Bridge of Flowers · attraction · Franklin · ~20 km · Must-see
• Round Hill · viewpoint · Hampshire · ~21 km · Must-see
• Beneski Museum of Natural History · museum · Hampshire · ~21 km · Must-see
• Mead Art Museum · museum · Hampshire · ~21 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Roaring Brook Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Roaring Brook Dam

• Campus Pond · lake · Hampshire · ~18 km · Must-see
• Lake Wyola State Park · lake · Franklin · ~24 km · Must-see
• Lake Wyola · lake · Franklin · ~24 km · Must-see
• Oxbow Marina · lake · Hampshire · ~25 km · Must-see
• Whiting Street Reservoir · lake · Hampden · ~33 km · Must-see
• Littleville Lake · lake · Hampden · ~35 km · Must-see
• Holyoke Dam · lake · Hampshire · ~36 km · Must-see
• Quabbin Reservoir · lake · Worcester · ~38 km · Must-see
• Ashley Pond · lake · Hampden · ~41 km · Must-see
• Winsor Dam · lake · Hampshire · ~42 km · Must-see

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