Buffalo Basin

Buffalo Basin: 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 viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Buffalo Basin

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

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 Buffalo Basin — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.80361, -103.35355. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Buffalo Basin

• Hugo Municipal Pool · park · Lincoln · ~47 km · Must-see
• Rock Island Snow Plow No. 95580 · attraction · Lincoln · ~73 km · Must-see
• Limon Heritage Museum and Railroad Park Complex · museum · Lincoln · ~73 km · Must-see
• Evilsizer Lake · lake · Lincoln · ~8 km
• Karval Dam · lake · Lincoln · ~20 km
• Karval Lake State Recreation Area · lake · Lincoln · ~21 km
• L G Kinney Dam · lake · Lincoln · ~26 km
• Kim Hill · viewpoint · Lincoln · ~33 km
• Black Hills · viewpoint · Crowley · ~44 km
• Best Dam · lake · Kiowa · ~50 km
• Haswell Jail (worlds Smallest Jail) · fort · Kiowa · ~53 km
• Eureka Hill · viewpoint · Cheyenne · ~58 km
• Amy R Foote Dam · lake · Lincoln · ~60 km
• Kit Carson Museum · museum · Cheyenne · ~61 km
• Arriba Town Hall and Museum · museum · Lincoln · ~68 km
• World's Wonder View Tower · museum · Lincoln · ~68 km
• Verhoeffs Big Dam · lake · Kit Carson · ~70 km
• Twin Buttes · viewpoint · Cheyenne · ~70 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Buffalo Basin

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Buffalo Basin

• Baculite Mesa · viewpoint · Pueblo · ~142 km · Must-see
• Mount Sunflower · viewpoint · Kit Carson · ~146 km · Must-see
• Kim Hill · viewpoint · Lincoln · ~33 km
• Black Hills · viewpoint · Crowley · ~44 km
• Eureka Hill · viewpoint · Cheyenne · ~58 km
• Twin Buttes · viewpoint · Cheyenne · ~70 km
• Landsman Hill · viewpoint · Cheyenne · ~85 km
• Agate Mound · viewpoint · Cheyenne · ~87 km
• Flat Top · viewpoint · Washington · ~111 km
• Pikes Peak International Raceway · viewpoint · El Paso · ~146 km

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