Optima Dam

Optima 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 Optima 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 Optima Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.66791, -101.13219. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Optima Dam

• Optima Lake · lake · Texas · ~1 km · Must-see
• Guymon Foursquare Church (Lifeway Christian Center) · church · Texas · ~39 km · Must-see
• Wild Horse Lake · lake · Stevens · ~50 km · Must-see
• Beaver River Wildlife Management Area · park · Beaver · ~52 km · Must-see
• Liberal · church · Texas · ~57 km · Must-see
• Optima National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Texas · ~9 km
• Old Hardesty 1886-1906 · fort · Texas · ~10 km
• Church of the Nazarene · church · Texas · ~28 km
• First Christian Church · church · Texas · ~29 km
• Church of God First · church · Texas · ~37 km
• Calvary Baptist Church · church · Texas · ~38 km
• First Christian Church · church · Texas · ~39 km
• First Presbyterian Church · church · Texas · ~39 km
• Balko School (ruins) · fort · Beaver · ~39 km
• Church of Christ · church · Texas · ~39 km
• Oknoname 007001 Dam · lake · Beaver · ~40 km
• Guymon Church of the Nazarene · church · Texas · ~40 km
• Sunset Lake Dam · lake · Texas · ~41 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Optima Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Optima Dam

• Optima Lake · lake · Texas · ~1 km · Must-see
• Wild Horse Lake · lake · Stevens · ~50 km · Must-see
• Lake Evans Chambers Dam · lake · Beaver · ~103 km · Must-see
• Lake Meredith · lake · Texas · ~141 km · Must-see
• Lake Meredith · lake · Hutchinson · ~146 km · Must-see
• Oknoname 007001 Dam · lake · Beaver · ~40 km
• Sunset Lake Dam · lake · Texas · ~41 km
• Etling Number 2 Dam · lake · Texas · ~65 km
• Perryton Feeders Lake Number 1 Dam · lake · Ochiltree · ~71 km
• Perryton Feeders Lake Number 2 Dam · lake · Ochiltree · ~71 km

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