Heaton Dam

Heaton 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 Heaton 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 Heaton Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.44844, -102.65867. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Heaton Dam

• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~43 km · Must-see
• Carhenge · attraction · Box Butte · ~47 km · Must-see
• Alliance Baptist Church · church · Box Butte · ~53 km · Must-see
• Pine Ridge National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Dawes · ~57 km · Must-see
• Chadron · church · Fall River · ~63 km · Must-see
• Crawford Hill · viewpoint · Dawes · ~74 km · Must-see
• Box Butte · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~4 km
• Smith Lake State Wildlife Management Area · lake · Sheridan · ~22 km
• Box Butte · viewpoint · Box Butte · ~24 km
• Walgren Lake State Recreation Area · lake · Sheridan · ~26 km
• Anderson Dam · cave · Dawes · ~29 km
• Wild Horse Butte · viewpoint · Box Butte · ~32 km
• Joy Lake · lake · Sheridan · ~33 km
• Musfelt Reservoir · lake · Oglala Lakota · ~40 km
• Musfelt Reservoir · lake · Sheridan · ~40 km
• Box Butte Reservoir State Wildlife Management Area · lake · Dawes · ~47 km
• Hemingford City Park · park · Box Butte · ~47 km
• Lloyd Hill · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~49 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Heaton Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Heaton Dam

• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~43 km · Must-see
• East Gering Drain Dam · lake · Scotts Bluff · ~134 km · Must-see
• Phantom Lake · lake · Bennett · ~142 km · Must-see
• Scotchman Lake · lake · Bennett · ~144 km · Must-see
• Angostura Dam · lake · Fall River · ~147 km · Must-see
• Smith Lake State Wildlife Management Area · lake · Sheridan · ~22 km
• Walgren Lake State Recreation Area · lake · Sheridan · ~26 km
• Joy Lake · lake · Sheridan · ~33 km
• Musfelt Reservoir · lake · Oglala Lakota · ~40 km
• Musfelt Reservoir · lake · Sheridan · ~40 km

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