Cold Brook Lake Camping
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Overview
A brief introduction to Cold Brook Lake
Cold Brook Dam, SD was constructed to reduce flood damages in the Fall River Basin. Located less than 1 mile from the town of Hot Springs, SD, Cold Brook Lake offers an excellent variety of recreational activities year-round including canoeing, fishing, swimming, wildlife viewing, and camping. Winter activities include ice fishing, skating, and cross-country skiing.
Cold Brook Dam is an earthen dam located near Hot Springs, South Dakota, in Fall River County in the southwestern part of the state, in the southern Black Hills.
The earthen dam was constructed in 1953 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers with a height of 127 feet (39 m) and a length at its crest of 925 feet (282 m). It impounds Cold Brook Creek, a tributary of the Cheyenne River for flood control purposes during flash flood events for nearby Hot Springs. The dam is owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.
The reservoir it creates, Cold Brook Lake, has a water surface of 36 acres (15 ha) and has a maximum capacity of 7,200 acre-feet (8,900,000 m3). Year-round recreation is possible and includes canoeing, fishing, swimming, wildlife viewing, camping, and (in the winter) ice fishing, skating, and cross-country skiing. Cold Brook Lake Recreation Area includes a boat ramp, picnic area, swim beach and campground is managed by the Corps of Engineers.
Cottonwood Springs Dam, another Corps of Engineers dam is located about 5 miles to the southwest.
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