Duncan Dam

Duncan 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 Duncan 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 Duncan Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.65803, -106.88128. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Duncan Dam

• Fort Phil Kearny · fort · Johnson · ~18 km · Must-see
• Sheridan Inn National Historical Landmark · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~22 km · Must-see
• Lake De Smet · lake · Johnson · ~28 km · Must-see
• Penrose Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~43 km · Must-see
• Tongue Butte · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~43 km · Must-see
• Hallelujah · viewpoint · Johnson · ~45 km · Must-see
• Black Tooth Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~46 km · Must-see
• Mount Woolsey · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~46 km · Must-see
• Innominate · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~46 km · Must-see
• Methodist Episcopal Church · church · Johnson · ~47 km · Must-see
• Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum · museum · Johnson · ~47 km · Must-see
• Buffalo City Park · park · Johnson · ~47 km · Must-see
• Union Congregational Church · church · Johnson · ~47 km · Must-see
• St. Luke's Episcopal Church · church · Johnson · ~47 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~48 km · Must-see
• Dayton Community Hall · fort · Sheridan · ~48 km · Must-see
• Bomber Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~49 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak Wilderness · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~49 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Duncan Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Duncan Dam

• Lake De Smet · lake · Johnson · ~28 km · Must-see
• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~57 km · Must-see
• Tongue River Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~67 km · Must-see
• Gillette Fishing Lake · lake · Campbell · ~149 km · Must-see
• Menardi and White Dam · lake · Sheridan · ~5 km
• Moncreiffe Dam · lake · Sheridan · ~7 km
• Allen Dam · lake · Sheridan · ~9 km
• Maxwell Dam · lake · Sheridan · ~15 km
• Jerry Johns Reservoir Number 1 Dam · lake · Sheridan · ~16 km
• Paul Number 3 Dam · lake · Sheridan · ~17 km

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