Price Lakes

Price 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 Price 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 Price Lakes — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.06945, -106.72837. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Price Lakes

• Navajo Peak · viewpoint · Archuleta · ~3 km · Must-see
• South San Juan Wilderness · sanctuary · Conejos · ~27 km · Must-see
• KCIE-FM (Dulce) · attraction · Rio Arriba · ~29 km · Must-see
• Trujillo Meadows Dam · lake · Conejos · ~31 km · Must-see
• Conejos Peak · viewpoint · Conejos · ~35 km · Must-see
• Echo Canyon Dam · lake · Archuleta · ~36 km · Must-see
• Summit Peak · viewpoint · Archuleta · ~39 km · Must-see
• Pagosa Hot Spring · lake · Archuleta · ~41 km · Must-see
• Acascosa Lake · lake · Conejos · ~42 km · Must-see
• La Jara Dam · lake · Conejos · ~49 km · Must-see
• Stone Lake · lake · Rio Arriba · ~51 km · Must-see
• Fort Lowell Historical Marker · fort · Rio Arriba · ~55 km · Must-see
• Heron Dam · lake · Rio Arriba · ~56 km · Must-see
• Wolf Creek Pass · viewpoint · Mineral · ~58 km · Must-see
• El Vado Reservoir · lake · Rio Arriba · ~62 km · Must-see
• Terrace Dam · lake · Conejos · ~63 km · Must-see
• Pagosa Peak · viewpoint · Mineral · ~64 km · Must-see
• Stinking Lake · lake · Rio Arriba · ~65 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Price Lakes

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Price Lakes

• Trujillo Meadows Dam · lake · Conejos · ~31 km · Must-see
• Echo Canyon Dam · lake · Archuleta · ~36 km · Must-see
• Pagosa Hot Spring · lake · Archuleta · ~41 km · Must-see
• Acascosa Lake · lake · Conejos · ~42 km · Must-see
• La Jara Dam · lake · Conejos · ~49 km · Must-see
• Stone Lake · lake · Rio Arriba · ~51 km · Must-see
• Heron Dam · lake · Rio Arriba · ~56 km · Must-see
• El Vado Reservoir · lake · Rio Arriba · ~62 km · Must-see
• Terrace Dam · lake · Conejos · ~63 km · Must-see
• Stinking Lake · lake · Rio Arriba · ~65 km · Must-see

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