Beaver Lake

Beaver 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 Beaver 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 Beaver Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.75081, -106.68754. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Beaver Lake

• Mount Zirkel Wilderness · sanctuary · Routt · ~4 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel · viewpoint · Jackson · ~12 km · Must-see
• Pearl Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~22 km · Must-see
• Hahns Peak · viewpoint · Routt · ~29 km · Must-see
• Steamboat Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~31 km · Must-see
• Buffalo Mountain · viewpoint · Routt · ~33 km · Must-see
• Fish Creek Falls · waterfall · Routt · ~38 km · Must-see
• Elk Mountain · viewpoint · Routt · ~39 km · Must-see
• Mount Werner · viewpoint · Routt · ~41 km · Must-see
• Yampa River Botanic Park · park · Routt · ~42 km · Must-see
• Rabbit Ears Peak · viewpoint · Jackson · ~46 km · Must-see
• Encampment River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~47 km · Must-see
• Baker Mountain · viewpoint · Jackson · ~53 km · Must-see
• Platte River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~56 km · Must-see
• Columbus Mountain · viewpoint · Routt · ~56 km · Must-see
• Lake Agnes · lake · Grand · ~56 km · Must-see
• Huston Park Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~57 km · Must-see
• Whiteley Peak · viewpoint · Grand · ~64 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Beaver Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Beaver Lake

• Pearl Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~22 km · Must-see
• Steamboat Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~31 km · Must-see
• Lake Agnes · lake · Grand · ~56 km · Must-see
• Elkhead Creek Dam · lake · Moffat · ~78 km · Must-see
• Chambers Lake · lake · Larimer · ~90 km · Must-see
• Wolford Mountain Reservoir · lake · Grand · ~93 km · Must-see
• Swastika Lake · lake · Albany · ~95 km · Must-see
• La Poudre Pass Lake · lake · Grand · ~99 km · Must-see
• Long Draw Dam · lake · Larimer · ~102 km · Must-see
• Poudre Lake · lake · Larimer · ~103 km · Must-see

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