High Rock Dam

High Rock 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 High Rock 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 High Rock Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.60090, -80.23434. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near High Rock Dam

• High Rock Lake · lake · Davidson · ~11 km · Must-see
• Tuckertown Dam · lake · Stanly · ~17 km · Must-see
• Grace-Lower Stone Church · church · Rowan · ~24 km · Must-see
• Rowan Museum · museum · Rowan · ~28 km · Must-see
• Badin Dam · lake · Montgomery · ~30 km · Must-see
• Grace Episcopal Church · church · Davidson · ~31 km · Must-see
• First Reformed United Church of Christ · church · Davidson · ~31 km · Must-see
• Old Davidson County Courthouse · museum · Davidson · ~31 km · Must-see
• Morrow Mountain State Park · sanctuary · Stanly · ~35 km · Must-see
• Birkhead Mountains Wilderness · sanctuary · Randolph · ~36 km · Must-see
• Boone's Cave Park · cave · Davidson · ~38 km · Must-see
• Uwharrie National Forest · sanctuary · Montgomery · ~40 km · Must-see
• North Carolina Zoo · sanctuary · Randolph · ~44 km · Must-see
• Lake Lynn Dam · lake · Cabarrus · ~44 km · Must-see
• Lake Tillery · lake · Stanly · ~45 km · Must-see
• Thyatira Presbyterian Church · church · Rowan · ~46 km · Must-see
• Lake Tillery · lake · Chesterfield · ~58 km · Must-see
• Randleman Lake · lake · Randolph · ~59 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of High Rock Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near High Rock Dam

• High Rock Lake · lake · Davidson · ~11 km · Must-see
• Tuckertown Dam · lake · Stanly · ~17 km · Must-see
• Badin Dam · lake · Montgomery · ~30 km · Must-see
• Lake Lynn Dam · lake · Cabarrus · ~44 km · Must-see
• Lake Tillery · lake · Stanly · ~45 km · Must-see
• Lake Tillery · lake · Chesterfield · ~58 km · Must-see
• Randleman Lake · lake · Randolph · ~59 km · Must-see
• Lake Norman · lake · Catawba · ~83 km · Must-see
• Mountain Island Lake · lake · Gaston · ~88 km · Must-see
• Belews Creek Dam · lake · Rockingham · ~103 km · Must-see

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