Maroon Lake

Maroon 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 Maroon 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 Maroon Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.09699, -106.94519. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Maroon Lake

• Sievers Mountain · viewpoint · Pitkin · ~3 km · Must-see
• Crater Lake · lake · Pitkin · ~3 km · Must-see
• Pyramid Peak · viewpoint · Pitkin · ~4 km · Must-see
• Sleeping Sexton · viewpoint · Pitkin · ~5 km · Must-see
• Maroon Peak · viewpoint · Pitkin · ~6 km · Must-see
• Hunter Peak · viewpoint · Pitkin · ~8 km · Must-see
• Highland Peak · viewpoint · Pitkin · ~9 km · Must-see
• Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness · sanctuary · Pitkin · ~10 km · Must-see
• Keefe Peak · viewpoint · Pitkin · ~10 km · Must-see
• Snowmass Lake · lake · Pitkin · ~10 km · Must-see
• Hayden Peak · viewpoint · Pitkin · ~11 km · Must-see
• Snowmass Peak · viewpoint · Gunnison · ~12 km · Must-see
• Hagerman Peak · viewpoint · Gunnison · ~13 km · Must-see
• Cathedral Peak · church · Pitkin · ~13 km · Must-see
• Snowmass Mountain · viewpoint · Pitkin · ~13 km · Must-see
• Castle Peak · viewpoint · Pitkin · ~15 km · Must-see
• Malemute Peak · viewpoint · Pitkin · ~15 km · Must-see
• Aspen Mountain · viewpoint · Pitkin · ~15 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Maroon Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Maroon Lake

• Crater Lake · lake · Pitkin · ~3 km · Must-see
• Snowmass Lake · lake · Pitkin · ~10 km · Must-see
• Lizard Lake · lake · Gunnison · ~23 km · Must-see
• Grizzly Reservoir Dam · lake · Pitkin · ~36 km · Must-see
• Linkins Lake · lake · Pitkin · ~39 km · Must-see
• Ruedi Dam · lake · Eagle · ~39 km · Must-see
• Independence Lake · lake · Pitkin · ~41 km · Must-see
• Lost Man Lake · lake · Pitkin · ~41 km · Must-see
• Lake Charles Trail · lake · Eagle · ~61 km · Must-see
• Sylvan Lake State Park · lake · Eagle · ~62 km · Must-see

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