Upper and Lower Dams

Upper and Lower Dams: 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 Upper and Lower Dams

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 Upper and Lower Dams — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.52284, -80.36251. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Upper and Lower Dams

• Conneaut Lake · lake · Crawford · ~14 km · Must-see
• Pymatuning Reservoir · lake · Crawford · ~16 km · Must-see
• Pymatuning State Park · sanctuary · Crawford · ~17 km · Must-see
• Pymatuning State Park · lake · Ashtabula · ~20 km · Must-see
• Maurice K. Goddard State Park · sanctuary · Mercer · ~28 km · Must-see
• McKeever Center at Clear Creek State Forest · sanctuary · Mercer · ~36 km · Must-see
• Shenango Dam · lake · Mercer · ~37 km · Must-see
• Mosquito Lake State Park - Wildlife Observation Area · lake · Trumbull · ~46 km · Must-see
• Mosquito Creek Lake · lake · Trumbull · ~46 km · Must-see
• Erie National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Crawford · ~47 km · Must-see
• John Brown Tannery Site · fort · Crawford · ~51 km · Must-see
• Mahoning Valley · viewpoint · Trumbull · ~53 km · Must-see
• State Game Lands Number 39 · sanctuary · Venango · ~54 km · Must-see
• Edinboro Lake · lake · Erie · ~55 km · Must-see
• Franklin Alliance Church · church · Venango · ~58 km · Must-see
• Fort Machault · fort · Venango · ~59 km · Must-see
• Fort Venango · fort · Venango · ~59 km · Must-see
• Indian God Rock · fort · Venango · ~62 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Upper and Lower Dams

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Upper and Lower Dams

• Conneaut Lake · lake · Crawford · ~14 km · Must-see
• Pymatuning Reservoir · lake · Crawford · ~16 km · Must-see
• Pymatuning State Park · lake · Ashtabula · ~20 km · Must-see
• Shenango Dam · lake · Mercer · ~37 km · Must-see
• Mosquito Lake State Park - Wildlife Observation Area · lake · Trumbull · ~46 km · Must-see
• Mosquito Creek Lake · lake · Trumbull · ~46 km · Must-see
• Edinboro Lake · lake · Erie · ~55 km · Must-see
• Meander Creek Reservoir · lake · Mahoning · ~73 km · Must-see
• Evans Lake · lake · Mahoning · ~81 km · Must-see
• Punderson State Park · lake · Geauga · ~89 km · Must-see

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