Echo Lake

Echo Lake: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. 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 Echo Lake

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Echo Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.08457, -86.05822. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Echo Lake

• Story Monument · attraction · Brown · ~17 km · Must-see
• Weed Patch Hill · viewpoint · Brown · ~21 km · Must-see
• Brown County State Park · sanctuary · Brown · ~21 km · Must-see
• Chaos I · attraction · Bartholomew · ~22 km · Must-see
• Friendship Way · attraction · Bartholomew · ~22 km · Must-see
• Large Arch · attraction · Bartholomew · ~22 km · Must-see
• Hickory Ridge Lookout Tower · viewpoint · Monroe · ~29 km · Must-see
• Yellowwood State Forest · sanctuary · Brown · ~31 km · Must-see
• Selma N. Steele State Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Brown · ~32 km · Must-see
• Charles C. Deam Wilderness · sanctuary · Monroe · ~32 km · Must-see
• Jackson-Washington State Forest · sanctuary · Jackson · ~35 km · Must-see
• Tecumseh Trail · trek · Brown · ~37 km · Must-see
• Starve Hollow State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Jackson · ~37 km · Must-see
• Lake Monroe · lake · Monroe · ~39 km · Must-see
• Browning Hill · viewpoint · Monroe · ~41 km · Must-see
• Lamb Lake · lake · Johnson · ~41 km · Must-see
• Lake Lemon · lake · Monroe · ~44 km · Must-see
• Morgan-Monroe State Forest · sanctuary · Monroe · ~50 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Echo Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Echo Lake

• Lake Monroe · lake · Monroe · ~39 km · Must-see
• Lamb Lake · lake · Johnson · ~41 km · Must-see
• Lake Lemon · lake · Monroe · ~44 km · Must-see
• Griffy Reservoir · lake · Monroe · ~52 km · Must-see
• Hardy Lake · lake · Scott · ~58 km · Must-see
• Deam Lake State Recreation Area · lake · Clark · ~89 km · Must-see
• Central Indiana Canal · lake · Marion · ~97 km · Must-see
• Cagles Mill Lake · lake · Owen · ~102 km · Must-see
• Bench Around the Lake · lake · Marion · ~104 km · Must-see
• Indian Lake · lake · Marion · ~111 km · Must-see

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