Cochran Reservoir

Cochran Reservoir: 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 Cochran Reservoir

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 Cochran Reservoir — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.65439, -103.99817. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Cochran Reservoir

• Purgatoire River Dinosaur Tracks · attraction · Las Animas · ~44 km · Must-see
• Aguaje Canyon · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~66 km · Must-see
• Koshare Museum & Trading Post · museum · Otero · ~67 km · Must-see
• Snowden Lake · lake · Otero · ~19 km
• Iron Ridge · viewpoint · Pueblo · ~32 km
• Blue Ridge · viewpoint · Pueblo · ~37 km
• Brown Sheep Camp Corral · fort · Las Animas · ~38 km
• Brown Sheep Camp · fort · Las Animas · ~38 km
• Prairie Land and Irrigation Number 1 Dam · lake · Otero · ~39 km
• The Hogback · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~39 km
• Brown No 1 Dam · lake · Las Animas · ~39 km
• Black Bluff · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~42 km
• Van Bremer Number 1 Dam · lake · Las Animas · ~42 km
• Swink Reservoir Number 2 · lake · Otero · ~44 km
• Dolores Mission · fort · Las Animas · ~45 km
• Swink Reservoir Number 1 · lake · Otero · ~48 km
• Jack Williams Dam · lake · Las Animas · ~49 km
• Hogback · viewpoint · Huerfano · ~50 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Cochran Reservoir

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Cochran Reservoir

• Lake Meredith Reservoir · lake · Crowley · ~82 km · Must-see
• Trinidad Lake State Park · lake · Las Animas · ~97 km · Must-see
• Lake Maloya · lake · Colfax · ~101 km · Must-see
• Saint Charles Mesa Dam · lake · Pueblo · ~101 km · Must-see
• Lake Maloya · lake · Las Animas · ~101 km · Must-see
• Runyon Lake · lake · Pueblo · ~106 km · Must-see
• Adobe Creek Dam · lake · Bent · ~113 km · Must-see
• Lake Pueblo State Park · lake · Pueblo · ~118 km · Must-see
• Lake Isabel Picnic and Day Use Area · lake · Custer · ~125 km · Must-see
• John Martin Reservoir · lake · Bent · ~126 km · Must-see

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