Wasco Dam

Wasco 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 Wasco 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 Wasco Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 45.17436, -121.68828. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Wasco Dam

• Clear Lake · lake · Wasco · ~2 km · Must-see
• Frog Lake Buttes · lake · Wasco · ~6 km · Must-see
• Little Crater Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~7 km · Must-see
• Mount Hood National Forest · sanctuary · Clackamas · ~10 km · Must-see
• Timothy Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~12 km · Must-see
• Barlow Ridge · viewpoint · Hood River · ~13 km · Must-see
• Trillium Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~14 km · Must-see
• Tom Dick and Harry Mountain · viewpoint · Clackamas · ~19 km · Must-see
• Mirror Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~20 km · Must-see
• Laurel Hill · viewpoint · Clackamas · ~23 km · Must-see
• Palmer Glacier · viewpoint · Clackamas · ~25 km · Must-see
• White River Glacier · viewpoint · Hood River · ~26 km · Must-see
• Little Zigzag Falls · waterfall · Clackamas · ~27 km · Must-see
• Newton Clark Glacier · viewpoint · Hood River · ~27 km · Must-see
• Burnt Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~27 km · Must-see
• Coalman Glacier · viewpoint · Hood River · ~27 km · Must-see
• Reid Glacier · viewpoint · Clackamas · ~28 km · Must-see
• Mount Hood · viewpoint · Hood River · ~28 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Wasco Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Wasco Dam

• Clear Lake · lake · Wasco · ~2 km · Must-see
• Frog Lake Buttes · lake · Wasco · ~6 km · Must-see
• Little Crater Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~7 km · Must-see
• Timothy Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~12 km · Must-see
• Trillium Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~14 km · Must-see
• Mirror Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~20 km · Must-see
• Burnt Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~27 km · Must-see
• Lake Harriet · lake · Clackamas · ~31 km · Must-see
• Pine Hollow Dam · lake · Wasco · ~40 km · Must-see
• Bull Run Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~41 km · Must-see

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