Dwight Dam

Dwight 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 Dwight 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 Dwight Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.14964, -72.60028. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Dwight Dam

• Our Mother of Sorrows Monastery and Retreat Center · Buddhist site · Capitol Planning Region · ~5 km · Must-see
• Saint Michael's Cathedral · church · Hampden · ~6 km · Must-see
• First Church of Christ, Congregational · church · Hampden · ~7 km · Must-see
• Ashley Pond · lake · Hampden · ~7 km · Must-see
• Watershops Pond · lake · Capitol Planning Region · ~8 km · Must-see
• East Mountain Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Hampden · ~9 km · Must-see
• Holyoke Dam · lake · Hampshire · ~9 km · Must-see
• Mittineague Park · sanctuary · Hampden · ~10 km · Must-see
• Robinson State Park · sanctuary · Hampden · ~11 km · Must-see
• Forest Park · park · Hampden · ~11 km · Must-see
• Whiting Street Reservoir · lake · Hampden · ~13 km · Must-see
• Dinosaur Footprints · sanctuary · Hampden · ~13 km · Must-see
• Mount Tom · viewpoint · Hampden · ~14 km · Must-see
• Connecticut River Greenway State Park · sanctuary · Hampden · ~14 km · Must-see
• Mount Tom State Reservation · sanctuary · Hampden · ~16 km · Must-see
• Mount Nonotuck · viewpoint · Hampden · ~18 km · Must-see
• Stanley Park · park · Hampden · ~20 km · Must-see
• Stanley Park · sanctuary · Capitol Planning Region · ~20 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Dwight Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Dwight Dam

• Ashley Pond · lake · Hampden · ~7 km · Must-see
• Watershops Pond · lake · Capitol Planning Region · ~8 km · Must-see
• Holyoke Dam · lake · Hampshire · ~9 km · Must-see
• Whiting Street Reservoir · lake · Hampden · ~13 km · Must-see
• Oxbow Marina · lake · Hampshire · ~20 km · Must-see
• Winsor Dam · lake · Hampshire · ~32 km · Must-see
• Littleville Lake · lake · Hampden · ~34 km · Must-see
• Campus Pond · lake · Hampshire · ~34 km · Must-see
• Goodnough Dike · lake · Hampshire · ~37 km · Must-see
• Shenipsit Lake · lake · Capitol Planning Region · ~41 km · Must-see

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