Silver Lake

Silver 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 Silver 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 Silver Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 45.21010, -109.85428. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Silver Lake

• Mystic Mountain · viewpoint · Park · ~6 km · Must-see
• Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) · viewpoint · Park · ~7 km · Must-see
• Granite Glacier · viewpoint · Park · ~7 km · Must-see
• Mount Hague · viewpoint · Stillwater · ~7 km · Must-see
• Sky Top Glacier · viewpoint · Park · ~8 km · Must-see
• Granite Peak · viewpoint · Park · ~8 km · Must-see
• Hidden Glacier · viewpoint · Park · ~8 km · Must-see
• Glacier Peak · viewpoint · Park · ~8 km · Must-see
• Tempest Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~9 km · Must-see
• Mount Villard · viewpoint · Park · ~9 km · Must-see
• Mystic Lake Dam · lake · Stillwater · ~9 km · Must-see
• Froze-to-Death Mountain · viewpoint · Stillwater · ~10 km · Must-see
• Wolf Glacier · viewpoint · Park · ~10 km · Must-see
• Mount Wood · viewpoint · Stillwater · ~10 km · Must-see
• Wolf Mountain · viewpoint · Park · ~10 km · Must-see
• Cairn Mountain · viewpoint · Park · ~10 km · Must-see
• Mount Peal · viewpoint · Carbon · ~11 km · Must-see
• Grasshopper Glacier · viewpoint · Park · ~11 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Silver Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Silver Lake

• Mystic Lake Dam · lake · Stillwater · ~9 km · Must-see
• Lower Arch Lake · lake · Carbon · ~14 km · Must-see
• Beauty Lake · lake · Park · ~18 km · Must-see
• Aufwuchs Lake · lake · Stillwater · ~19 km · Must-see
• Lake Pinchot · lake · Sweet Grass · ~24 km · Must-see
• Wild Bill Lake · lake · Carbon · ~48 km · Must-see
• Greenough Lake · lake · Park · ~48 km · Must-see
• Trout Lake · lake · Park · ~51 km · Must-see
• Cooney Reservoir State Park · lake · Carbon · ~70 km · Must-see
• Cooney Dam · lake · Carbon · ~72 km · Must-see

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