Rainbow Lake

Rainbow 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 Rainbow 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 Rainbow Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.94975, -106.27486. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Rainbow Lake

• Mount Harvard · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~6 km · Must-see
• Mount Columbia · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~7 km · Must-see
• Mount Oxford · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~7 km · Must-see
• Mount Belford · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~9 km · Must-see
• Missouri Mountain · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~11 km · Must-see
• Emerald Peak · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~12 km · Must-see
• Mount Yale · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~15 km · Must-see
• Quail Mountain · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~16 km · Must-see
• West Buffalo Peak · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~17 km · Must-see
• Huron Peak · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~18 km · Must-see
• Twin Lakes Dam · lake · Lake · ~18 km · Must-see
• Ice Mountain · viewpoint · Gunnison · ~18 km · Must-see
• Mount Hope · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~19 km · Must-see
• East Buffalo Peak · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~19 km · Must-see
• Ervin Peak · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~19 km · Must-see
• Buffalo Peaks Wilderness · sanctuary · Park · ~20 km · Must-see
• Twin Peaks · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~21 km · Must-see
• Mount Blaurock · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~21 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Rainbow Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Rainbow Lake

• Twin Lakes Dam · lake · Lake · ~18 km · Must-see
• Chalk Lake · lake · Chaffee · ~33 km · Must-see
• Antero Reservoir · lake · Park · ~39 km · Must-see
• Grizzly Reservoir Dam · lake · Pitkin · ~41 km · Must-see
• Independence Lake · lake · Pitkin · ~42 km · Must-see
• Linkins Lake · lake · Pitkin · ~42 km · Must-see
• Lost Man Lake · lake · Pitkin · ~43 km · Must-see
• Montgomery Dam · lake · Park · ~60 km · Must-see
• Homestake Project Dam · lake · Eagle · ~62 km · Must-see
• Clinton Gulch Reservoir · lake · Summit · ~65 km · Must-see

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