Local favourite lake · Otero, Colorado
Dye Dam
Dye Dam is a lake in Otero, Colorado.
Dye 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 Dye 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 Dye Dam — distance from nearby cities
Coordinates: 38.07755, -103.69341. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.
Places to visit near Dye Dam
- Lake Meredith Reservoir · lake · Crowley · ~16 km · Must-see
- Koshare Museum & Trading Post · museum · Otero · ~22 km · Must-see
- Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site · fort · Otero · ~30 km · Must-see
- Adobe Creek Dam · lake · Bent · ~50 km · Must-see
- Fort Lyon · fort · Bent · ~61 km · Must-see
- Purgatoire River Dinosaur Tracks · attraction · Las Animas · ~65 km · Must-see
- Worship Center of Rocky Ford · museum · Otero · ~4 km
- Holbrook Dam · lake · Otero · ~10 km
- The State Bank · fort · Otero · ~21 km
- Otero Museum · museum · Otero · ~21 km
- Horse Creek and Black Draw Dam · lake · Crowley · ~22 km
- Swink Reservoir Number 1 · lake · Otero · ~23 km
- First Assembly Of God · church · Otero · ~23 km
- Crowley School · museum · Crowley · ~24 km
- Lake Henry Dam · lake · Crowley · ~24 km
- East Holbrook Mennonite Church · church · Otero · ~25 km
- Prairie Land and Irrigation Number 1 Dam · lake · Otero · ~29 km
- Bent's Old Fort Historic Site · fort · Otero · ~29 km
Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Dye Dam
- Lake Meredith Reservoir · lake · Crowley · ~16 km · Must-see
- Adobe Creek Dam · lake · Bent · ~50 km · Must-see
- John Martin Reservoir · lake · Bent · ~79 km · Must-see
- John Martin Reservoir State Park · lake · Bent · ~80 km · Must-see
- Saint Charles Mesa Dam · lake · Pueblo · ~97 km · Must-see
- Runyon Lake · lake · Pueblo · ~102 km · Must-see
- Lake Pueblo State Park · lake · Pueblo · ~118 km · Must-see
- Holbrook Dam · lake · Otero · ~10 km
- Horse Creek and Black Draw Dam · lake · Crowley · ~22 km
- Swink Reservoir Number 1 · lake · Otero · ~23 km
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Frequently asked
Is Dye Dam full? Are the gates open?
No visitor has reported the water level status for Dye Dam yet. Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors.
What is the best time to visit Dye Dam?
August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open. Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.
What are the places to visit near Dye Dam?
Nearby: Lake Meredith Reservoir (lake, 16 km), Koshare Museum & Trading Post (museum, 22 km), Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site (fort, 30 km), Adobe Creek Dam (lake, 50 km), Fort Lyon (fort, 61 km), Purgatoire River Dinosaur Tracks (attraction, 65 km).