Blanchards Lake

Blanchards Lake: 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 Blanchards Lake

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 Blanchards Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.64162, -94.19845. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Blanchards Lake

• Prairie State Park · sanctuary · Barton · ~42 km · Must-see
• Osage Village State Historic Site · park · Vernon · ~47 km · Must-see
• Blue Mound · viewpoint · Vernon · ~51 km · Must-see
• Stockton Lake · lake · Dade · ~56 km · Must-see
• Fort Scott National Historic Site · fort · Bourbon · ~62 km · Must-see
• Lunette Blair-Blockhouse · fort · Bourbon · ~62 km · Must-see
• Jasper County Courthouse · fort · Jasper · ~66 km · Must-see
• Forest Park Church Carthage · church · Jasper · ~70 km · Must-see
• Don Henley Lake · lake · Dade · ~23 km
• Lamar Lake Dam · lake · Barton · ~24 km
• C H Jones Lake · lake · Vernon · ~25 km
• Francis Lake Dam · lake · Vernon · ~26 km
• Finis Moss Lake · lake · Vernon · ~26 km
• Marquardt Dam · lake · Vernon · ~29 km
• Boston Bluff · viewpoint · Cedar · ~31 km
• Katy Allen Lake · lake · Vernon · ~32 km
• First Christian Church · church · Vernon · ~32 km
• Bushwhacker Museum · museum · Vernon · ~33 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Blanchards Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Blanchards Lake

• Stockton Lake · lake · Dade · ~56 km · Must-see
• Pomme De Terre State Park Marina · lake · Hickory · ~102 km · Must-see
• Harry S. Truman Reservoir · lake · St. Clair · ~105 km · Must-see
• McDaniel Lake Dam · lake · Greene · ~109 km · Must-see
• Neosho State Fishing Lake · lake · Neosho · ~115 km · Must-see
• Valley Water Mill Dam · lake · Greene · ~117 km · Must-see
• Fellows Lake · lake · Greene · ~118 km · Must-see
• Lake Springfield Park · lake · Greene · ~127 km · Must-see
• Silver Lake · lake · Stone · ~128 km · Must-see
• Lake Parsons · lake · Neosho · ~130 km · Must-see

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