Dry Lakes

Dry 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 Dry 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 Dry Lakes — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.03056, -105.58806. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Dry Lakes

• Horn Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~1 km · Must-see
• Fluted Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~2 km · Must-see
• Mount Adams · viewpoint · Saguache · ~4 km · Must-see
• Willow Lake · lake · Saguache · ~6 km · Must-see
• Colony Baldy · viewpoint · Custer · ~6 km · Must-see
• Kit Carson Mountain · viewpoint · Saguache · ~7 km · Must-see
• Columbia Point · viewpoint · Saguache · ~7 km · Must-see
• Challenger Point · viewpoint · Saguache · ~7 km · Must-see
• Humboldt Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~8 km · Must-see
• Eureka Mountain · viewpoint · Custer · ~9 km · Must-see
• Crestone Peak · viewpoint · Saguache · ~9 km · Must-see
• Crestone Needle · viewpoint · Custer · ~9 km · Must-see
• Broken Hand Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~10 km · Must-see
• Milwaukee Peak · viewpoint · Saguache · ~12 km · Must-see
• Pico Aislado · viewpoint · Saguache · ~12 km · Must-see
• Rito Alto Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~13 km · Must-see
• Sangre de Cristo Wilderness · sanctuary · Saguache · ~13 km · Must-see
• Spread Eagle Peak · viewpoint · Custer · ~15 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Dry Lakes

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Dry Lakes

• Willow Lake · lake · Saguache · ~6 km · Must-see
• De Weese Dam · lake · Custer · ~29 km · Must-see
• Lake Isabel Picnic and Day Use Area · lake · Custer · ~58 km · Must-see
• O'Haver Lake · lake · Chaffee · ~82 km · Must-see
• Brush Hollow Dam · lake · Fremont · ~83 km · Must-see
• Smith Reservoir · lake · Costilla · ~89 km · Must-see
• Mountain Home Dam · lake · Costilla · ~91 km · Must-see
• Lake Pueblo State Park · lake · Pueblo · ~98 km · Must-see
• Runyon Lake · lake · Pueblo · ~112 km · Must-see
• Saint Charles Mesa Dam · lake · Pueblo · ~116 km · Must-see

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