Milk Lake

Milk 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 Milk 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 Milk Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.89677, -108.24284. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Milk Lake

• Tsin Kletsin · fort · San Juan · ~37 km · Must-see
• Kin Kletso · fort · San Juan · ~39 km · Must-see
• Casa Rinconada · fort · San Juan · ~39 km · Must-see
• Fajada Gap · viewpoint · San Juan · ~41 km · Must-see
• Pueblo Pintado · fort · McKinley · ~65 km · Must-see
• Fort Wingate Historical Marker · fort · McKinley · ~69 km · Must-see
• Roy T. Herman's Garage · attraction · McKinley · ~69 km · Must-see
• Dry Hill · viewpoint · McKinley · ~11 km
• Antelope Lookout Mesa · viewpoint · McKinley · ~17 km
• Standing Rock · viewpoint · McKinley · ~19 km
• Pressley Jacobs Dam · lake · McKinley · ~21 km
• Flat Top Hill · viewpoint · McKinley · ~22 km
• Red Hill · viewpoint · San Juan · ~26 km
• Juans Vicente Lake Dam · lake · San Juan · ~29 km
• Big Thumb Spring · viewpoint · McKinley · ~30 km
• White Rock · viewpoint · San Juan · ~31 km
• Crownpoint Christian Reformed Church · church · McKinley · ~32 km
• Chaco Culture National Historic Park Historical Marker · park · San Juan · ~33 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Milk Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Milk Lake

• Todacheene Dam · lake · San Juan · ~77 km · Must-see
• Red Lake · lake · McKinley · ~90 km · Must-see
• Pressley Jacobs Dam · lake · McKinley · ~21 km
• Juans Vicente Lake Dam · lake · San Juan · ~29 km
• Mariano Lake · lake · McKinley · ~44 km
• Mariano Lake Dam · lake · McKinley · ~44 km
• Southern Naschitti Dam · lake · San Juan · ~50 km
• Childers Smith Reservoir Dam · lake · McKinley · ~53 km
• Sleepy Grass Dam · lake · San Juan · ~55 km
• Chuska Lake · lake · McKinley · ~56 km

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