Coover Dam

Coover 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 Coover 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 Coover Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.16873, -97.79049. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Coover Dam

• Morning Star Lake · lake · Merrick · ~3 km · Must-see
• Plainsman Museum · museum · Hamilton · ~48 km · Must-see
• Quincentenary Belltower · park · Platte · ~56 km · Must-see
• Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary · sanctuary · Hall · ~67 km · Must-see
• Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer · museum · Hall · ~73 km · Must-see
• Hord Lake State Recreation Area · lake · Merrick · ~19 km
• Buckley Park · park · Polk · ~22 km
• Renquist Basin State Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · York · ~22 km
• Heber Hord House historical marker · fort · Merrick · ~23 km
• Lone Tree Park · sanctuary · Merrick · ~24 km
• North Park · park · Merrick · ~24 km
• Lone Tree · fort · Merrick · ~26 km
• The Mormon Trail historical marker · fort · Merrick · ~26 km
• Anderson Dam · cave · Polk · ~28 km
• Ransom Dam 1747 · lake · Polk · ~28 km
• Headworks Park · park · Nance · ~32 km
• Fullerton Park · park · Nance · ~33 km
• Driewer Reservoir Dam · lake · York · ~34 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Coover Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Coover Dam

• Morning Star Lake · lake · Merrick · ~3 km · Must-see
• Conestoga Lake · lake · Lancaster · ~113 km · Must-see
• Capitol Beach Lake · lake · Lancaster · ~120 km · Must-see
• Lake Wanahoo Dam · lake · Saunders · ~124 km · Must-see
• Hord Lake State Recreation Area · lake · Merrick · ~19 km
• Ransom Dam 1747 · lake · Polk · ~28 km
• Driewer Reservoir Dam · lake · York · ~34 km
• Scow Detention Dam · lake · Polk · ~40 km
• Wessels Dam · lake · York · ~43 km
• Gruenewald Dam · lake · Butler · ~50 km

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