Clear Lake

Clear 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 Clear 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 Clear Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 47.26923, -115.40779. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Clear Lake

• Penrose Peak · viewpoint · Sanders · ~37 km · Must-see
• Penrose Peak · viewpoint · Shoshone · ~37 km · Must-see
• Bouchard Lake · lake · Shoshone · ~39 km · Must-see
• Larkins Peak · viewpoint · Shoshone · ~49 km · Must-see
• Silver Valley · viewpoint · Shoshone · ~57 km · Must-see
• Sex Peak · viewpoint · Shoshone · ~67 km · Must-see
• Hobo Cedar Grove Botanical Area · sanctuary · Shoshone · ~71 km · Must-see
• Jew Peak · viewpoint · Shoshone · ~73 km · Must-see
• Beetle Hump · viewpoint · Shoshone · ~5 km
• Black Jack Peak · viewpoint · Shoshone · ~8 km
• Flattop Mountain · viewpoint · Shoshone · ~9 km
• Wishard Peak · viewpoint · Mineral · ~10 km
• Adams Peak · viewpoint · Shoshone · ~10 km
• Point Eightyone · viewpoint · Shoshone · ~12 km
• Berge Peak · viewpoint · Shoshone · ~13 km
• Whitetail Peak · viewpoint · Shoshone · ~13 km
• Eagle Point · viewpoint · Shoshone · ~13 km
• Malin Point · viewpoint · Shoshone · ~14 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Clear Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Clear Lake

• Bouchard Lake · lake · Shoshone · ~39 km · Must-see
• Noxon Rapids Dam · lake · Sanders · ~101 km · Must-see
• Seli’š Ksanka Qlispe’ Dam · lake · Lake · ~124 km · Must-see
• Lake Missoula · lake · Idaho · ~128 km · Must-see
• Little Bitterroot Lake · lake · Shoshone · ~134 km · Must-see
• Little Bitterroot Lake · lake · Flathead · ~134 km · Must-see
• Dworshak Dam · lake · Clearwater · ~135 km · Must-see
• Snowshoe Lake · lake · Bonner · ~137 km · Must-see
• Finley Point Unit - Flathead Lake State Park · lake · Lake · ~142 km · Must-see
• Flathead Lake · lake · Lake · ~143 km · Must-see

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