Conness Lakes

Conness Lakes: 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 Conness Lakes

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 Conness Lakes — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.97475, -119.30568. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Conness Lakes

• Conness Glacier · viewpoint · Mineral · ~2 km · Must-see
• Alpine Lake · lake · Mineral · ~2 km · Must-see
• Harvey Monroe Hall Research Natural Area · sanctuary · Mono · ~3 km · Must-see
• Tioga Lake · lake · Mineral · ~9 km · Must-see
• Black Mountain · viewpoint · Mineral · ~9 km · Must-see
• Tioga Pass · viewpoint · Mineral · ~10 km · Must-see
• Dana Meadows · sanctuary · Tuolumne · ~11 km · Must-see
• Lee Vining Peak · viewpoint · Mono · ~12 km · Must-see
• Dog Lake · lake · Mineral · ~12 km · Must-see
• Dunderberg Peak · viewpoint · Mineral · ~13 km · Must-see
• Dana Glacier · viewpoint · Mineral · ~14 km · Must-see
• Lundy Canyon Waterfalls · waterfall · Mineral · ~15 km · Must-see
• Whorl Mountain · viewpoint · Mineral · ~16 km · Must-see
• Matterhorn Pass · viewpoint · Mineral · ~17 km · Must-see
• Daff Dome · viewpoint · Tuolumne · ~18 km · Must-see
• Fairview Dome · viewpoint · Tuolumne · ~18 km · Must-see
• Bingaman Lake · lake · Mineral · ~19 km · Must-see
• Elizabeth Lake · lake · Mineral · ~19 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Conness Lakes

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Conness Lakes

• Alpine Lake · lake · Mineral · ~2 km · Must-see
• Tioga Lake · lake · Mineral · ~9 km · Must-see
• Dog Lake · lake · Mineral · ~12 km · Must-see
• Bingaman Lake · lake · Mineral · ~19 km · Must-see
• Elizabeth Lake · lake · Mineral · ~19 km · Must-see
• Budd Lake · lake · Mineral · ~21 km · Must-see
• Boothe Lake · lake · Mineral · ~25 km · Must-see
• Benson Lake · lake · Mineral · ~25 km · Must-see
• Arndt Lake · lake · Mineral · ~26 km · Must-see
• Tenaya Lake · lake · Mariposa · ~26 km · Must-see

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