Echo Lake

Echo Lake: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Echo Lake

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Echo Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.60366, -74.40278. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Echo Lake

• Shawangunk Ridge · viewpoint · Ulster · ~4 km · Must-see
• Blue Cliff Monastery · Buddhist site · Sullivan · ~5 km · Must-see
• Hopewell Presbyterian Church · church · Orange · ~8 km · Must-see
• Bear Hill Preserve (Cragsmoor Free Library) · sanctuary · Ulster · ~9 km · Must-see
• Sams Point · viewpoint · Ulster · ~10 km · Must-see
• Lake Maratanza · lake · Ulster · ~12 km · Must-see
• Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church · church · Ulster · ~16 km · Must-see
• Winding Hills County Park · park · Orange · ~17 km · Must-see
• Highland Lakes State Park · sanctuary · Orange · ~17 km · Must-see
• Minnewaska State Park Preserve · sanctuary · Ulster · ~19 km · Must-see
• Wolf Lake · lake · Sullivan · ~20 km · Must-see
• Silver Lake · lake · Orange · ~20 km · Must-see
• Silver Lake Dam · lake · Sullivan · ~21 km · Must-see
• Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Ulster · ~21 km · Must-see
• Silver Lake · lake · Sullivan · ~21 km · Must-see
• Millbrook · viewpoint · Ulster · ~24 km · Must-see
• Dragon Springs · attraction · Orange · ~29 km · Must-see
• Saint John's African Union Methodist Protestant Church · church · Orange · ~29 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Echo Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Echo Lake

• Lake Maratanza · lake · Ulster · ~12 km · Must-see
• Wolf Lake · lake · Sullivan · ~20 km · Must-see
• Silver Lake · lake · Orange · ~20 km · Must-see
• Silver Lake Dam · lake · Sullivan · ~21 km · Must-see
• Silver Lake · lake · Sullivan · ~21 km · Must-see
• Orange Lake · lake · Orange · ~32 km · Must-see
• Big Lake · lake · Orange · ~33 km · Must-see
• Rondout Reservoir · lake · Sullivan · ~34 km · Must-see
• Mohonk Lake · lake · Ulster · ~34 km · Must-see
• Chadwick Lake · lake · Orange · ~35 km · Must-see

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