Swash Lake

Swash 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 Swash 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 Swash Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.20255, -123.97204. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Swash Lake

• Peter Iredale · attraction · Clatsop · ~3 km · Must-see
• Chinook Point · beach · Pacific · ~8 km · Must-see
• Fort Columbia State Park · fort · Pacific · ~9 km · Must-see
• Youngs Bay · beach · Clatsop · ~11 km · Must-see
• Baker Bay · beach · Pacific · ~12 km · Must-see
• Dismal Nitch - Lewis and Clark National Historical Park · sanctuary · Pacific · ~12 km · Must-see
• Kast-am · attraction · Clatsop · ~12 km · Must-see
• Cape Disappointment Lighthouse · fort · Pacific · ~13 km · Must-see
• Fort Clatsop · fort · Pacific · ~13 km · Must-see
• Waikiki Beach · beach · Pacific · ~14 km · Must-see
• Lewis and Clark National Historical Park · sanctuary · Clatsop · ~14 km · Must-see
• Sunset Beach State Recreation Site · beach · Clatsop · ~14 km · Must-see
• Astoria Column · viewpoint · Clatsop · ~15 km · Must-see
• Astoria Column · fort · Pacific · ~15 km · Must-see
• Cape Disappointment State Park · sanctuary · Pacific · ~16 km · Must-see
• North Head Lighthouse · fort · Pacific · ~17 km · Must-see
• Cullaby Lake · lake · Pacific · ~18 km · Must-see
• World Kite Museum · museum · Pacific · ~22 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Swash Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Swash Lake

• Cullaby Lake · lake · Pacific · ~18 km · Must-see
• Loomis Lake · lake · Pacific · ~34 km · Must-see
• Lake Sacajawea · lake · Cowlitz · ~99 km · Must-see
• Tillamook Cheese Factory · lake · Tillamook · ~101 km · Must-see
• Lake Aberdeen · lake · Grays Harbor · ~111 km · Must-see
• Silver Lake · lake · Cowlitz · ~115 km · Must-see
• Lake Sylvia State Park · lake · Grays Harbor · ~116 km · Must-see
• Scappoose Bay · lake · Columbia · ~122 km · Must-see
• Henry Hagg Lake · lake · Washington · ~124 km · Must-see
• Sturgeon Lake · lake · Clark · ~132 km · Must-see

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