You can view the fish ladder from outside.
Lower granite dam tours.
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.
Hwy 194 sw follow signs to almota and boyer park.
At security gate dial 2210 for crossing escort.
The fishing was slow and the weather was very cold.
Travel west on hwy.
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.
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.
Lower granite dam was the final dam in the project.
Lower granite is another of the airports leased from the corps of engineers on the snake river.
Lower granite dam web page.
Please arrive 10 15 minutes prior to tour time bring valid photo id 18yrs and wear closed toed shoes.
Follow lower granite rd to dam.
The visitor center is open seven days a week from 8 00 a m.
Guided dam tours are available.
Army corps of engineers walla walla district for all additional information.
We are planning on going back with shoes to do the hard hat tour very soon.
It is well worth the drive.
This is an easy drive from the spokane area as well.
Join us for a free hard hat tour of lower granite dam.
Lower granite dam is part of the columbia river basin system of dams built and.
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.
Interested in checking out the lower granite project.
I was using a lure that is like a flat fish but better for casting.
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.
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.
The visitor center is open seven days a week from 8 00 a m.
From state highway 127 turn east just south of the snake river on lower deadman creek road.
On saturdays and sundays tours are at 10am 1pm and 3pm.
Proceed 35 miles following the directional signs to lower granite dam.
12 toward pomeroy and look for signs to lower granite dam.
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.
Small group and family tours of the powerhouse and juvenile fish facility may be available upon request throughout.
