Walters Dam

Walters 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 dam: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Walters 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 Walters Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.30941, -107.62833. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Walters Dam

• Shell Falls · waterfall · Big Horn · ~39 km · Must-see
• Bighorn National Forest · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~39 km · Must-see
• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~41 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak Wilderness · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~42 km · Must-see
• Ten Sleep Mercantile · fort · Washakie · ~42 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~46 km · Must-see
• Black Tooth Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~46 km · Must-see
• Mount Woolsey · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~47 km · Must-see
• Innominate · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~47 km · Must-see
• Bomber Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~48 km · Must-see
• Hallelujah · viewpoint · Johnson · ~48 km · Must-see
• High Park Fire Lookout · viewpoint · Washakie · ~48 km · Must-see
• Mather Peaks · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~48 km · Must-see
• Penrose Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~50 km · Must-see
• Darton Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~52 km · Must-see
• Bighorn Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~52 km · Must-see
• Loaf Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~57 km · Must-see
• Powder River Pass information sign · viewpoint · Johnson · ~59 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Walters Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Walters Dam

• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~41 km · Must-see
• Lake De Smet · lake · Johnson · ~90 km · Must-see
• Boysen Dam · lake · Fremont · ~136 km · Must-see
• Tongue River Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~142 km · Must-see
• H G Reservoir · lake · Big Horn · ~18 km
• Bonanza Reservoir Number 1 Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~21 km
• Renner Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~22 km
• Upper Dam · lake · Washakie · ~27 km
• Brokenback Dam · lake · Washakie · ~31 km
• Blue Ridge Detention Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~31 km

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