Moogerah Dam

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The Moogerah Dam is a mass concrete double curvature arch dam with an un-gated spillway across the Reynolds Creek that is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purposes of the dam are for irrigation of the Reynolds Creek and for supply of potable water to Warrill Creek and farmers in the Warrill Valley. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Moogerah. ()

Opened: 1961 (63 years ago)Length: 719 ftHeight: 125 ftReservoir area: 3.19 mi²Coordinates: 28°2'46"S, 152°32'24"E

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QueenslandAustralia

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Moogerah Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Frog Buttress, Mount Greville, Mount Moon, Mount Edwards.

6.7 miNE
Natural attraction, Cliff
Frog Buttress, Moogerah Peaks National Park
170 min walk • Frog Buttress is a cliff on the north-west side of Mount French, in the Moogerah Peaks National Park near the town of Boonah in Queensland, Australia. It became famous when local rock climbers Rick White and Chris Meadows discovered it in 1968.
3 miSW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Greville, Moogerah Peaks National Park
77 min walk • Mount Greville is a cone-shaped and deeply fissured mountain in South East Queensland, Australia. The mountain rises 720 m above sea level and is part of the Moogerah Peaks National Park.
4.8 miS
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Moon, Moogerah Peaks National Park
122 min walk • Mount Moon is a lightly timbered, dome-shaped mountain in the Scenic Rim, Queensland, Australia. Its Indigenous name is Kibbobum. The mountain rises 784 metres above sea level and is part of the Teviot Range and is within the Moogerah Peaks National Park.
2.1 miN
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Edwards, Moogerah Peaks National Park
55 min walk • Mount Edwards is a mountain in South East Queensland, Australia. The mountain rises 634 metres above sea level and is part of the Moogerah Peaks National Park.
5.7 miNE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount French, Moogerah Peaks National Park
145 min walk • Mount French is a mountain in South East Queensland, Australia. The mountain rises 579 m above sea level and is part of the Moogerah Peaks National Park. It lies approximately 100 km west of Brisbane in the locality of Mount French west of the town of Boonah in the Scenic Rim Region.
4.4 miN
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Aratula
114 min walk • Aratula is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Aratula had a population of 532 people.

Moogerah Dam

Facts and practical information

Moogerah Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Frog Buttress, Moogerah Peaks National Park

Mount Greville, Moogerah Peaks National Park

Mount Moon, Moogerah Peaks National Park

Mount Edwards, Moogerah Peaks National Park

Mount French, Moogerah Peaks National Park

Aratula