Loon Lake

Loon 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 Loon 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 Loon Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.35016, -90.64631. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Loon Lake

• Plummer Mine Headframe Interpretive Park · lake · Iron · ~35 km · Must-see
• Saxon Harbor · attraction · Iron · ~36 km · Must-see
• Saxon Harbor County Park · park · Iron · ~36 km · Must-see
• Superior Falls · waterfall · Iron · ~37 km · Must-see
• Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest - Great Divide District · sanctuary · Ashland · ~37 km · Must-see
• Gile Dam · lake · Iron · ~42 km · Must-see
• Kakagon Slough · lake · Ashland · ~44 km · Must-see
• Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light · fort · Ashland · ~44 km · Must-see
• Iron County Historical Museum · museum · Iron · ~46 km · Must-see
• Namekagon Lake · lake · Bayfield · ~47 km · Must-see
• Chequamegon Bay · lake · Ashland · ~48 km · Must-see
• Forest Lodge Educational Campus · sanctuary · Bayfield · ~49 km · Must-see
• Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest - Washburn District · sanctuary · Bayfield · ~53 km · Must-see
• LaPointe Lighthouse · beach · Ashland · ~54 km · Must-see
• Chequamegon Point Lighthouse · beach · Ashland · ~55 km · Must-see
• Lost Land Lake · lake · Sawyer · ~59 km · Must-see
• Turtle-Flambeau Flowage · lake · Iron · ~61 km · Must-see
• Madeline Island Museum · museum · Ashland · ~61 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Loon Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Loon Lake

• Plummer Mine Headframe Interpretive Park · lake · Iron · ~35 km · Must-see
• Gile Dam · lake · Iron · ~42 km · Must-see
• Kakagon Slough · lake · Ashland · ~44 km · Must-see
• Namekagon Lake · lake · Bayfield · ~47 km · Must-see
• Chequamegon Bay · lake · Ashland · ~48 km · Must-see
• Lost Land Lake · lake · Sawyer · ~59 km · Must-see
• Turtle-Flambeau Flowage · lake · Iron · ~61 km · Must-see
• Foo Lake · lake · Sawyer · ~61 km · Must-see
• Negro Lakes · lake · Vilas · ~64 km · Must-see
• Madeline Island · lake · Ashland · ~64 km · Must-see

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