Gritty Reservoir Dam
Gritty Reservoir Dam is a dam in Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana. Gritty Reservoir Dam is situated nearby to the reservoir Griffy Lake, as well as near the hamlet Arlington.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Griffy Lake and Bloomington High School North.
Griffy Lake
Reservoir
Griffy Reservoir, commonly known as Lake Griffy, is a reservoir in the city of Bloomington, Indiana. Created by a dam on Griffy Creek in the 1920s, the reservoir used to serve as the main source of drinking water for Bloomington for several decades, until that role was taken over by the larger Lake Lemon and Lake Monroe in the 1950s.
Bloomington High School North
School
Photo: Stickman42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bloomington High School North opened in the fall of 1972, is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in the northern part of Bloomington, Indiana, United States. Bloomington High School North is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Gritty Reservoir Dam.
Cascade
Residential area
Bloomington is a city in Monroe County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. The population was 79,168 at the 2020 census. It is the seventh-most populous city in Indiana and the fourth-most populous outside the Indianapolis metropolitan area. Cascade is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Gritty Reservoir Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arlington and Dolan.
Arlington
Hamlet
Bloomington is a city in Monroe County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. The population was 79,168 at the 2020 census. It is the seventh-most populous city in Indiana and the fourth-most populous outside the Indianapolis metropolitan area. Arlington is situated 2 miles southwest of Gritty Reservoir Dam.
Dolan
Hamlet
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Dolan is an unincorporated community in Bloomington Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Dolan is situated 3 miles northeast of Gritty Reservoir Dam.
Eastern Heights
Neighborhood
Bloomington is a city in Monroe County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. The population was 79,168 at the 2020 census. It is the seventh-most populous city in Indiana and the fourth-most populous outside the Indianapolis metropolitan area. Eastern Heights is situated 3½ miles southeast of Gritty Reservoir Dam.
Gritty Reservoir Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Monroe County, Indiana, United States of America
- Location: Bloomington, Monroe, Southern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Gritty Reservoir Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gritty Reservoir Dam”
- Italian: “diga di Gritty Reservoir”
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