Kellar Lake

Kellar 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 Kellar 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 Kellar Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 32.21382, -104.68336. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Kellar Lake

• Sitting Bull Falls · waterfall · Eddy · ~5 km · Must-see
• Lechuguilla · cave · Eddy · ~21 km · Must-see
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park · sanctuary · Eddy · ~22 km · Must-see
• Devils Den Canyon Wilderness Study Area · sanctuary · Eddy · ~29 km · Must-see
• Hunter Peak · viewpoint · Eddy · ~45 km · Must-see
• Bush Mountain · viewpoint · Otero · ~46 km · Must-see
• Bush Mountain · viewpoint · Culberson · ~46 km · Must-see
• Guadalupe Mountains National Park · sanctuary · Culberson · ~48 km · Must-see
• Shumard Peak · viewpoint · Otero · ~48 km · Must-see
• Guadalupe Peak · viewpoint · Culberson · ~49 km · Must-see
• El Capitan · viewpoint · Culberson · ~51 km · Must-see
• El Capitan · viewpoint · Otero · ~51 km · Must-see
• Guadalupe Pass (Texas) · viewpoint · Eddy · ~52 km · Must-see
• Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park · park · Eddy · ~57 km · Must-see
• Brantley Lake · lake · Eddy · ~61 km · Must-see
• Thayer Hill · viewpoint · Eddy · ~6 km
• The Pinnacle · viewpoint · Eddy · ~7 km
• Ares Peak · viewpoint · Eddy · ~16 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Kellar Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Kellar Lake

• Brantley Lake · lake · Eddy · ~61 km · Must-see
• Red Bluff Reservoir · lake · Reeves · ~92 km · Must-see
• Red Bluff Reservoir · lake · Eddy · ~96 km · Must-see
• Two Rivers Dam South Dam · lake · Chaves · ~147 km · Must-see
• Spencer Dam · lake · Eddy · ~50 km
• Brantley Dam · lake · Eddy · ~59 km
• Lower Transill Dam · lake · Eddy · ~61 km
• Tansill Dam · lake · Eddy · ~62 km
• Avalon Dam · lake · Eddy · ~64 km
• Six Mile Dam · lake · Eddy · ~67 km

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