Dam

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 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 Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.41188, 116.30692. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Dam

• Tailing Tomb · fort · Changping · ~16 km · Must-see
• Deling Tomb · fort · Changping · ~18 km · Must-see
• Yongling Tomb · fort · Changping · ~18 km · Must-see
• Dingling Tomb · fort · Changping · ~19 km · Must-see
• Zhaoling Tomb · fort · Changping · ~20 km · Must-see
• Mangshan National Forest Park · sanctuary · Changping · ~22 km · Must-see
• Mutianyu Great Wall · sanctuary · Huairou · ~27 km · Must-see
• Cloud Platform · fort · Changping · ~31 km · Must-see
• Ju'yongguan Fortress · viewpoint · Changping · ~31 km · Must-see
• Huairou Reservoir · lake · Huairou · ~33 km · Must-see
• Zhan Tianyou Memorial Hall · museum · Yanqing · ~33 km · Must-see
• Hongluo Temple · temple · Huairou · ~33 km · Must-see
• 怀柔博物馆 · museum · Huairou · ~37 km · Must-see
• Yanqi Lake · lake · Huairou · ~38 km · Must-see
• 故宫博物院北院区 · museum · Haidian · ~45 km · Must-see
• 龙泉寺 · Buddhist site · Haidian · ~49 km · Must-see
• Beijing Fenghuangling Natural Park · sanctuary · Haidian · ~49 km · Must-see
• Baiwang Mountain Forest Park · sanctuary · Haidian · ~54 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Dam

• Huairou Reservoir · lake · Huairou · ~33 km · Must-see
• Yanqi Lake · lake · Huairou · ~38 km · Must-see
• Kunming Lake · lake · Haidian · ~58 km · Must-see
• Houhai Lake · lake · Xicheng · ~66 km · Must-see
• Miyun Reservoir · lake · Miyun · ~68 km · Must-see
• Guanting Shuiku · lake · Mentougou · ~79 km · Must-see
• Haizi Reservoir · lake · Jizhou · ~111 km · Must-see
• Yukiao Reservoir · lake · Jizhou · ~140 km · Must-see
• Huanghuacheng reservoir · lake · Huairou · ~4 km
• Shisanling Reservoir · lake · Changping · ~22 km

All lakes, dams & reservoirs in Beijing

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