Lower Granite Dam Tours

It is well worth the drive.

Lower granite dam tours. Lower granite dam web page. Interested in checking out the lower granite project. Follow lower granite rd to dam. Lower granite lock and dam also has a visitor center that offers movies inter active displays brochures guided tours and a friendly and helpful staff.

I was using a lure that is like a flat fish but better for casting. Lower granite dam is part of the columbia river basin system of dams built and. The visitor center is open seven days a week from 8 00 a m. Join us for a free hard hat tour of lower granite dam.

If you find yourself out in the palouse and looking for something different to do i highly recommend stopping by the lower granite lock and dam visitor center. This place is a amazing sight to see. Lower granite dam is 3 200 feet long making it the second longest dam of the four dams completed along the lower snake river between. Opened 45 years ago in 1975 the dam is located 22 miles 35 km south of colfax and 35 miles 56 km north of pomeroy.

At security gate dial 2210 for crossing escort. From state highway 127 turn east just south of the snake river on lower deadman creek road. Lower granite lock and dam is a concrete gravity run of the river dam in the northwest united states on the lower snake river in southeastern washington it bridges whitman and garfield counties. Lower granite is another of the airports leased from the corps of engineers on the snake river.

This is an easy drive from the spokane area as well. Please arrive 10 15 minutes prior to tour time bring valid photo id 18yrs and wear closed toed shoes. We are planning on going back with shoes to do the hard hat tour very soon. These web pages provide information about the location construction date pool elevation and powerhouse capacity of the major federal and non federal hydroelectric projects in the columbia basin.

You can view the fish ladder from outside. Small group and family tours of the powerhouse and juvenile fish facility may be available upon request throughout. The lower granite dam which bridges garfield and whitman county was named for granite point located about six miles upstream toward clarkston from the dam. Co located with lower granite lock and dam 14 miles south of colfax washington the airport provides an excellent opportunity for fishing camping and educational tours through the dam.

Guided dam tours are available. Hwy 194 sw follow signs to almota and boyer park. Army corps of engineers walla walla district for all additional information. Travel west on hwy.

The visitor center is open 8 30 am to 5 pm monday through saturday and has a fish ladder viewing point where you can see the fish go through the ladder under water. The fishing was slow and the weather was very cold. Proceed 35 miles following the directional signs to lower granite dam. The visitor center is open seven days a week from 8 00 a m.