Cave Lake

Cave 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 Cave 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 Cave Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.07002, -110.32256. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Cave Lake

• Crazy Peak · viewpoint · Sweet Grass · ~8 km · Must-see
• Loco Mountain · viewpoint · Meagher · ~22 km · Must-see
• Choke-To-Death Butte · viewpoint · Park · ~29 km · Must-see
• Fort Parker · fort · Park · ~51 km · Must-see
• Suicide Hill · viewpoint · Wheatland · ~56 km · Must-see
• Gallatin National Forest · sanctuary · Gallatin · ~58 km · Must-see
• Fairy Lake · lake · Gallatin · ~66 km · Must-see
• Frazier Lake · lake · Gallatin · ~66 km · Must-see
• Naya Nuki Peak · viewpoint · Gallatin · ~67 km · Must-see
• Sacagawea Peak · viewpoint · Gallatin · ~67 km · Must-see
• Greycliff Prairie Dog Town State Park · park · Sweet Grass · ~67 km · Must-see
• Pomp Peak · viewpoint · Gallatin · ~67 km · Must-see
• Hardscrabble Peak · viewpoint · Gallatin · ~67 km · Must-see
• Ross Peak · viewpoint · Gallatin · ~68 km · Must-see
• Livingston Peak · viewpoint · Park · ~68 km · Must-see
• Saddle Peak · viewpoint · Gallatin · ~71 km · Must-see
• Cave Lake · cave · Park · ~0 km
• Druckmiller Lake · lake · Park · ~6 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Cave Lake

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• Fairy Lake · lake · Gallatin · ~66 km · Must-see
• Frazier Lake · lake · Gallatin · ~66 km · Must-see
• Hyalite Reservoir · lake · Gallatin · ~103 km · Must-see
• Heather Lake · lake · Gallatin · ~109 km · Must-see
• Lake Pinchot · lake · Sweet Grass · ~112 km · Must-see
• Aufwuchs Lake · lake · Stillwater · ~122 km · Must-see
• Mystic Lake Dam · lake · Stillwater · ~129 km · Must-see
• Beauty Lake · lake · Park · ~138 km · Must-see
• Cooney Reservoir State Park · lake · Carbon · ~139 km · Must-see
• Lower Arch Lake · lake · Carbon · ~139 km · Must-see

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