Big Lake

Big 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 Big 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 Big Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.08085, -111.69350. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Big Lake

• Cyclone Lake · lake · Garfield · ~14 km · Must-see
• Cuddyback Lake · lake · Garfield · ~21 km · Must-see
• Box-Death Hollow Wilderness · sanctuary · Garfield · ~26 km · Must-see
• East Boulder Creek Trail · viewpoint · Garfield · ~26 km · Must-see
• Blind Lake · lake · Wayne · ~31 km · Must-see
• Anasazi State Park Museum · museum · Garfield · ~38 km · Must-see
• Otter Creek Dam · lake · Piute · ~38 km · Must-see
• Grass Valley · viewpoint · Piute · ~39 km · Must-see
• Escalante Petrified Forest State Park · sanctuary · Garfield · ~41 km · Must-see
• Lower Death Hollow · viewpoint · Garfield · ~43 km · Must-see
• Lower Calf Creek Falls · waterfall · Garfield · ~46 km · Must-see
• Thousand Lake Mountain · lake · Wayne · ~52 km · Must-see
• Eph Hanks Tower · viewpoint · Wayne · ~57 km · Must-see
• Ferns Nipple · viewpoint · Wayne · ~57 km · Must-see
• Pectols Pyramid · viewpoint · Wayne · ~58 km · Must-see
• Golden Throne · viewpoint · Wayne · ~59 km · Must-see
• Capitol Dome · viewpoint · Wayne · ~59 km · Must-see
• Capitol Reef National Park · sanctuary · Garfield · ~60 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Big Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Big Lake

• Cyclone Lake · lake · Garfield · ~14 km · Must-see
• Cuddyback Lake · lake · Garfield · ~21 km · Must-see
• Blind Lake · lake · Wayne · ~31 km · Must-see
• Otter Creek Dam · lake · Piute · ~38 km · Must-see
• Thousand Lake Mountain · lake · Wayne · ~52 km · Must-see
• Fish Lake · lake · Sevier · ~65 km · Must-see
• Cys Cache · lake · Beaver · ~88 km · Must-see
• Panguitch Lake · lake · Garfield · ~115 km · Must-see
• Minersville Reservoir · lake · Beaver · ~125 km · Must-see
• Lake Powell · lake · Kane · ~129 km · Must-see

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