Patel Dam

Patel 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 Patel 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 Patel Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -0.09692, 36.14610. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Patel Dam

• Menengai Crater · viewpoint · Nakuru · ~18 km · Must-see
• Lake Solai · lake · Nakuru · ~22 km · Must-see
• Thomson's Falls · waterfall · Laikipia County · ~37 km · Must-see
• Lake Bogoria · lake · Baringo · ~49 km · Must-see
• Lake Elmenteita · lake · Nakuru · ~50 km · Must-see
• Kariandusi pre-historic site · fort · Nakuru · ~53 km · Must-see
• Mount Kipipiri · viewpoint · Nyandarua · ~71 km · Must-see
• Mount Satima · viewpoint · Nyandarua · ~72 km · Must-see
• Kigio Wildlife Conservancy · sanctuary · Nakuru · ~73 km · Must-see
• Aic murnyu · fort · Nakuru · ~20 km
• Aic murunyu · fort · Nakuru · ~20 km
• Subukia View Point · viewpoint · Nakuru · ~22 km
• Menengai caves · cave · Nakuru · ~25 km
• Hyrax Hill · fort · Nakuru · ~26 km
• Hyrax Hill Museum · museum · Nakuru · ~26 km
• Site I Late Iron age settlement · fort · Nakuru · ~27 km
• Daniel Toroitich · fort · Nakuru · ~27 km
• equator · viewpoint · Nakuru · ~27 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Patel Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Patel Dam

• Lake Solai · lake · Nakuru · ~22 km · Must-see
• Lake Bogoria · lake · Baringo · ~49 km · Must-see
• Lake Elmenteita · lake · Nakuru · ~50 km · Must-see
• Lake Naivasha · lake · Nakuru · ~97 km · Must-see
• Lake Baringo · lake · Baringo · ~100 km · Must-see
• Lake Kamnarok · lake · Baringo · ~124 km · Must-see
• Kapnaburuki Dam · lake · Baringo · ~38 km
• Lake Nakuru · lake · Nakuru · ~38 km
• Lake Ol Bolossat · lake · Nyandarua · ~42 km
• Lake Bogoria viewpoint · lake · Baringo · ~44 km

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