Beatty Lakes

Beatty 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 Beatty 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 Beatty Lakes — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.73421, -105.14325. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Beatty Lakes

• Little Costilla Peak · viewpoint · Colfax · ~16 km · Must-see
• Baldy Mountain · viewpoint · Colfax · ~16 km · Must-see
• Bobcat Pass · viewpoint · Taos · ~23 km · Must-see
• Philmont Scout Ranch · sanctuary · Colfax · ~30 km · Must-see
• Baldy Mountain · viewpoint · Taos · ~34 km · Must-see
• Mount Phillips · viewpoint · Colfax · ~36 km · Must-see
• Gold Hill · viewpoint · Taos · ~37 km · Must-see
• Mount Walter · viewpoint · Taos · ~39 km · Must-see
• Blue Lake · lake · Taos · ~39 km · Must-see
• Wheeler Peak · viewpoint · Taos · ~39 km · Must-see
• Venado Peak · viewpoint · Taos · ~40 km · Must-see
• Williams Lake · lake · Taos · ~40 km · Must-see
• St. James Hotel · fort · Colfax · ~40 km · Must-see
• Columbine-Hondo Wilderness · sanctuary · Taos · ~42 km · Must-see
• Lake Fork Peak · lake · Taos · ~42 km · Must-see
• Tooth of Time · viewpoint · Colfax · ~43 km · Must-see
• National Scouting Museum · museum · Colfax · ~44 km · Must-see
• Vallecito Mountain · viewpoint · Taos · ~45 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Beatty Lakes

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Beatty Lakes

• Blue Lake · lake · Taos · ~39 km · Must-see
• Williams Lake · lake · Taos · ~40 km · Must-see
• Lake Fork Peak · lake · Taos · ~42 km · Must-see
• Black Lakes · lake · Colfax · ~65 km · Must-see
• Trinidad Lake State Park · lake · Las Animas · ~84 km · Must-see
• Lake Maloya · lake · Colfax · ~93 km · Must-see
• Lake Maloya · lake · Las Animas · ~93 km · Must-see
• Mountain Home Dam · lake · Costilla · ~96 km · Must-see
• Smith Reservoir · lake · Costilla · ~101 km · Must-see
• Morphy Lake State Park · lake · Mora · ~114 km · Must-see

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