Bottomless Lakes

Bottomless 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 Bottomless 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 Bottomless Lakes — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 32.06244, -104.47151. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bottomless Lakes

• Carlsbad Caverns National Park · sanctuary · Eddy · ~10 km · Must-see
• Lechuguilla · cave · Eddy · ~18 km · Must-see
• Sitting Bull Falls · waterfall · Eddy · ~37 km · Must-see
• Devils Den Canyon Wilderness Study Area · sanctuary · Eddy · ~41 km · Must-see
• Hunter Peak · viewpoint · Eddy · ~47 km · Must-see
• Guadalupe Pass (Texas) · viewpoint · Eddy · ~50 km · Must-see
• Guadalupe Mountains National Park · sanctuary · Culberson · ~52 km · Must-see
• Bush Mountain · viewpoint · Otero · ~52 km · Must-see
• Bush Mountain · viewpoint · Culberson · ~52 km · Must-see
• Guadalupe Peak · viewpoint · Culberson · ~52 km · Must-see
• Shumard Peak · viewpoint · Otero · ~52 km · Must-see
• El Capitan · viewpoint · Culberson · ~52 km · Must-see
• El Capitan · viewpoint · Otero · ~52 km · Must-see
• Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park · park · Eddy · ~58 km · Must-see
• Red Bluff Reservoir · lake · Reeves · ~62 km · Must-see
• Red Bluff Reservoir · lake · Eddy · ~66 km · Must-see
• Brantley Lake · lake · Eddy · ~71 km · Must-see
• Parks Ranch Cave · cave · Eddy · ~10 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Bottomless Lakes

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Bottomless Lakes

• Red Bluff Reservoir · lake · Reeves · ~62 km · Must-see
• Red Bluff Reservoir · lake · Eddy · ~66 km · Must-see
• Brantley Lake · lake · Eddy · ~71 km · Must-see
• Willow Lake Dam · lake · Eddy · ~51 km
• Lower Transill Dam · lake · Eddy · ~57 km
• Spencer Dam · lake · Eddy · ~57 km
• Tansill Dam · lake · Eddy · ~58 km
• Six Mile Dam · lake · Eddy · ~59 km
• Harroun Diversion Dam · lake · Eddy · ~60 km
• Harroun Dam · lake · Eddy · ~60 km

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