Echo Lake

Echo 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 Echo 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 Echo Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.23210, -113.26312. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Echo Lake

• Georgetown Lake · lake · Lemhi · ~7 km · Must-see
• Anaconda Smoke Stack State Park · park · Deer Lodge · ~35 km · Must-see
• Anaconda Smelter Stack · attraction · Deer Lodge · ~38 km · Must-see
• Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness · sanctuary · Granite · ~44 km · Must-see
• Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site · park · Powell · ~56 km · Must-see
• Welcome Creek Wilderness · sanctuary · Granite · ~67 km · Must-see
• World Museum of Mining · museum · Lemhi · ~74 km · Must-see
• Beavertail Hill State Park · park · Missoula · ~74 km · Must-see
• Flint Creek Dam · lake · Deer Lodge · ~3 km
• Bayer Number 1 Dam · lake · Granite · ~10 km
• Snake Pit · cave · Granite · ~13 km
• Fisher Lake Dam · lake · Granite · ~19 km
• Pozega Lake Number 3 Dam · lake · Granite · ~19 km
• Pozega Lake Number 2 Dam · lake · Granite · ~19 km
• Deerlodge National Forest · sanctuary · Granite · ~19 km
• Pozega Lake Number 1 Dam · lake · Granite · ~20 km
• Thornton Lake Dam · lake · Deer Lodge · ~22 km
• Storm Lake · lake · Lemhi · ~22 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Echo Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Echo Lake

• Georgetown Lake · lake · Lemhi · ~7 km · Must-see
• Berkeley Pit · lake · Silver Bow · ~79 km · Must-see
• Spring Meadow Lake State Park · lake · Lewis and Clark · ~125 km · Must-see
• Lake Missoula · lake · Idaho · ~129 km · Must-see
• Seeley Lake · lake · Idaho · ~136 km · Must-see
• Heart Lake · lake · Idaho · ~139 km · Must-see
• Helena Valley Reservoir · lake · Lemhi · ~145 km · Must-see
• Flint Creek Dam · lake · Deer Lodge · ~3 km
• Bayer Number 1 Dam · lake · Granite · ~10 km
• Fisher Lake Dam · lake · Granite · ~19 km

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