White Pond Dam

White Pond 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 White Pond 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 White Pond Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.55086, -72.26350. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near White Pond Dam

• Bear's Den · sanctuary · Franklin · ~6 km · Must-see
• Federated Women's Club State Forest · sanctuary · Worcester · ~8 km · Must-see
• Harvard Forest · sanctuary · Worcester · ~10 km · Must-see
• Brooks Woodland Preserve · sanctuary · Worcester · ~13 km · Must-see
• Tully Mountain · viewpoint · Cheshire · ~14 km · Must-see
• Elliott Laurel · sanctuary · Worcester · ~14 km · Must-see
• Erving State Forest · sanctuary · Franklin · ~16 km · Must-see
• Swift River Reservation · sanctuary · Worcester · ~16 km · Must-see
• Jacobs Hill · sanctuary · Cheshire · ~18 km · Must-see
• Lake Wyola · lake · Franklin · ~18 km · Must-see
• Lake Wyola State Park · lake · Franklin · ~19 km · Must-see
• Northfield Mountain · viewpoint · Cheshire · ~19 km · Must-see
• Otter River State Forest · sanctuary · Worcester · ~20 km · Must-see
• The Common · sanctuary · Worcester · ~20 km · Must-see
• Crag Mountain · viewpoint · Cheshire · ~20 km · Must-see
• Metacomet - Monadnock Trail · trek · Franklin · ~21 km · Must-see
• Quabbin Reservoir · lake · Worcester · ~21 km · Must-see
• The Cross · park · Worcester · ~21 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of White Pond Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near White Pond Dam

• Lake Wyola · lake · Franklin · ~18 km · Must-see
• Lake Wyola State Park · lake · Franklin · ~19 km · Must-see
• Quabbin Reservoir · lake · Worcester · ~21 km · Must-see
• Campus Pond · lake · Hampshire · ~35 km · Must-see
• Goodnough Dike · lake · Hampshire · ~35 km · Must-see
• Lake Monomonac · lake · Cheshire · ~36 km · Must-see
• Pearly Lake · lake · Cheshire · ~37 km · Must-see
• Winsor Dam · lake · Hampshire · ~38 km · Must-see
• Brooks Pond · lake · Worcester · ~41 km · Must-see
• Contoocook Lake · lake · Cheshire · ~42 km · Must-see

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