The Almus dam was built where the Yeşilırmak makes a slight bend and enters the gorge of the Omala plain, as a zoned earth-fill dam. Forest covers the ground around it and the shore is cut by a great many inlets.
The lake is now valued as a place for raising trout as well, and the provincial directorate describes it as an ideal course for water sports. Buses run to Almus from the Tokat bus station.
Getting there
- Access
- Buses run to Almus from the Tokat bus terminal.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Tokat as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 2 °C in January to 22.5 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (59 mm) and lightest in August (9 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
