Garnett Dam

Garnett 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 Garnett 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 Garnett Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.50422, -108.00854. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Garnett Dam

• Shell Falls · waterfall · Big Horn · ~41 km · Must-see
• Mason-Lovell Ranch · attraction · Big Horn · ~48 km · Must-see
• Bighorn National Forest · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~64 km · Must-see
• United States Post Office · fort · Big Horn · ~5 km
• American Legion Hall, Post 32;American Legion Hall · fort · Big Horn · ~5 km
• Carey Block · fort · Big Horn · ~5 km
• Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting · museum · Big Horn · ~8 km
• Perkins Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~8 km
• Fox Mountain · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~13 km
• US Post Office · fort · Big Horn · ~17 km
• Basin Republican-Rustler Printing Building · fort · Big Horn · ~17 km
• Blue Ridge Detention Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~19 km
• Ewen Pence Gulch Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~21 km
• Gould Butte · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~22 km
• Leavitt Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~23 km
• White Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~24 km
• Lake McKinney Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~25 km
• Black Butte · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~26 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Garnett Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Garnett Dam

• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~82 km · Must-see
• Buffalo Bill Dam · lake · Park · ~116 km · Must-see
• Buffalo Bill Reservoir · lake · Park · ~123 km · Must-see
• Lake De Smet · lake · Johnson · ~125 km · Must-see
• Perkins Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~8 km
• Blue Ridge Detention Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~19 km
• Ewen Pence Gulch Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~21 km
• Leavitt Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~23 km
• White Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~24 km
• Lake McKinney Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~25 km

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