Two Buttes Dam

Two Buttes 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 Two Buttes 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 Two Buttes Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.63632, -102.53824. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Two Buttes Dam

• Two Buttes · viewpoint · Prowers · ~3 km · Must-see
• First Methodist-Episcopal Church · church · Baca · ~61 km · Must-see
• Amache National Historic Site · park · Prowers · ~62 km · Must-see
• Historic Granada War Relocation Center (Camp Amache), 1942-1945 · park · Prowers · ~62 km · Must-see
• Springfield Museum · museum · Baca · ~34 km
• Colorado Millennial Site · fort · Baca · ~58 km
• The Windsplitter · viewpoint · Baca · ~58 km
• Camp Amache Veterans Memorial · fort · Prowers · ~61 km
• Lone Rock · viewpoint · Baca · ~62 km
• Granada War Relocation Center (Camp Amache), 1942-1945 · fort · Prowers · ~63 km
• Galaxy Gallery · museum · Prowers · ~64 km
• Tristate 9-11 Memorial · fort · Prowers · ~67 km
• Big Timbers Museum · museum · Prowers · ~67 km
• Bent's New Fort · fort · Bent · ~68 km
• Prowers Bridge · fort · Bent · ~68 km
• Sheep Mountain · viewpoint · Baca · ~13 km
• Pleasant Heights Church · church · Prowers · ~14 km
• Two Buttes United Methodist Church · church · Baca · ~19 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Two Buttes Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Two Buttes Dam

• John Martin Reservoir State Park · lake · Bent · ~76 km · Must-see
• John Martin Reservoir · lake · Bent · ~77 km · Must-see
• Lake Carl Etling · lake · Baca · ~116 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa State Park;Lake Carl Etling Public Fishing Area · lake · Cimarron · ~116 km · Must-see
• Adobe Creek Dam · lake · Bent · ~116 km · Must-see
• Lake Meredith Reservoir · lake · Crowley · ~149 km · Must-see
• Verhoeff Dam · lake · Bent · ~77 km
• Prince Reservoir · lake · Prowers · ~82 km
• Thurston Lake Dam · lake · Prowers · ~82 km
• King Reservoir · lake · Kiowa · ~88 km

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