Description

Split Rock Dam is a popular inland sport and recreation destination near Manilla, offering year-round attractions for water sports and fishing enthusiasts, birdwatchers, bushwalkers, campers and picnickers. Split Rock operates with Keepit Dam to supply water for irrigation, environmental flows, stock, industry and household needs in the Namoi Valley. Split Rock Dam's extensive foreshores offer sites for unpowered camping with lake views. The main camping ground about one kilometre north of the dam wall on the western foreshore has powered and unpowered sites, wood barbecues, toilets, picnic shelters and fish cleaning area. Glenriddle Reserve on the northern shore of the dam's upper reaches also provides camping at unpowered sites with wood barbecues, toilets and a gravel boat ramp. Sites are suitable for tents, camper trailers, caravans, motorhomes and big rigs. Water sports include skiing, jet skis, sailing, canoeing and swimming. A concrete boat ramp is available at the main camping grounds about one kilometre north of the dam wall on the western foreshore. A gravel boat ramp is available at Glenriddle Reserve on the northern shore of the dam's upper reaches.