Shine Lake

Shine 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 Shine 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 Shine Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.25127, -90.36798. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Shine Lake

• Plummer Mine Headframe Interpretive Park · lake · Iron · ~23 km · Must-see
• Gile Dam · lake · Iron · ~28 km · Must-see
• Turtle-Flambeau Flowage · lake · Iron · ~32 km · Must-see
• Iron County Historical Museum · museum · Iron · ~33 km · Must-see
• Negro Lakes · lake · Vilas · ~37 km · Must-see
• Frog Lake And Pines State Natural Area · lake · Iron · ~38 km · Must-see
• Superior Falls · waterfall · Iron · ~44 km · Must-see
• Saxon Harbor County Park · park · Iron · ~44 km · Must-see
• Saxon Harbor · attraction · Iron · ~44 km · Must-see
• Little Falls · waterfall · Iron · ~48 km · Must-see
• Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest - Great Divide District · sanctuary · Ashland · ~51 km · Must-see
• Powell Marsh Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Vilas · ~51 km · Must-see
• Round Lake Logging Dam · lake · Price · ~53 km · Must-see
• Flambeau Lake · lake · Vilas · ~58 km · Must-see
• Ike Walton Lake · lake · Vilas · ~62 km · Must-see
• Foulds Creek State Natural Area · sanctuary · Price · ~62 km · Must-see
• Flambeau River State Forest · sanctuary · Price · ~63 km · Must-see
• Crawling Stone Lake · lake · Vilas · ~64 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Shine Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Shine Lake

• Plummer Mine Headframe Interpretive Park · lake · Iron · ~23 km · Must-see
• Gile Dam · lake · Iron · ~28 km · Must-see
• Turtle-Flambeau Flowage · lake · Iron · ~32 km · Must-see
• Negro Lakes · lake · Vilas · ~37 km · Must-see
• Frog Lake And Pines State Natural Area · lake · Iron · ~38 km · Must-see
• Round Lake Logging Dam · lake · Price · ~53 km · Must-see
• Flambeau Lake · lake · Vilas · ~58 km · Must-see
• Ike Walton Lake · lake · Vilas · ~62 km · Must-see
• Crawling Stone Lake · lake · Vilas · ~64 km · Must-see
• Fence Lake · lake · Vilas · ~66 km · Must-see

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