Garrison Dam Power Plant Tours
School Power Plant Tours are reserved for schools exclusively. This Tour is not intended for Energy/Industry groups, Family Groups or Individuals.
On this tour you will enjoy a general program in our loby where you will observe displays explaining the purpose of our dam. You will then be escorted around the Garrison Power Plant in order to observe the generator floor. Along the tour you will be able to observe other details of the energy making process of transforming water into electrical energy that travels to multiple states for use.
Reservations are available 90 days prior to date of the tour. Please arrive on the date or your reservation and at least 10 min early of your tour time. State Issued or Federal Issued ID is required to be presented prior to entry for all individuals 18 and over.
If your school group has a need for more than 50 people, please advise facility when we contact you and we will attempt to accomodate.
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You are entering a secure facility on this tour. State Issued or Federal Issued ID is required to be presented prior to entry for all individuals 18 and over. All individuals will be asked to sign in the logbook. All individuals under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
No bags, cases, parcels, cameras, cell phones, purses, backpacks, diaper bags, food, drink, or pets are allowed to enter the facility.
Visitors must wear close toe shoes to attend tours. Visitors must wear safety equipment supplied by the Corps of Engineers Tour Guide when asked, including but not limited to safety glasses, goggles, and hard hats.
Please wait for your tour guide to escort you inside of the secure gated area. Please wait outside of the entry road inside your vehicles parked to the side of the drive, until directed to enter by your tour guide.
Restrooms will be made available prior and after the start of each tour. Once a tour has started there is not an option to leave the group to take a break.