Sunlight Lake

Sunlight 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 Sunlight 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 Sunlight Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.10978, -110.38956. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Sunlight Lake

• Crazy Peak · viewpoint · Sweet Grass · ~17 km · Must-see
• Loco Mountain · viewpoint · Meagher · ~17 km · Must-see
• Choke-To-Death Butte · viewpoint · Park · ~34 km · Must-see
• Gallatin National Forest · sanctuary · Gallatin · ~52 km · Must-see
• Suicide Hill · viewpoint · Wheatland · ~54 km · Must-see
• Fort Parker · fort · Park · ~56 km · Must-see
• Fairy Lake · lake · Gallatin · ~62 km · Must-see
• Frazier Lake · lake · Gallatin · ~62 km · Must-see
• Naya Nuki Peak · viewpoint · Gallatin · ~63 km · Must-see
• Sacagawea Peak · viewpoint · Gallatin · ~63 km · Must-see
• Hardscrabble Peak · viewpoint · Gallatin · ~63 km · Must-see
• Pomp Peak · viewpoint · Gallatin · ~63 km · Must-see
• Ross Peak · viewpoint · Gallatin · ~65 km · Must-see
• Saddle Peak · viewpoint · Gallatin · ~69 km · Must-see
• Livingston Peak · viewpoint · Park · ~73 km · Must-see
• Moose Lake · lake · Park · ~6 km
• Cave Lake · cave · Park · ~8 km
• Walton Dam · lake · Park · ~10 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Sunlight Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Sunlight Lake

• Fairy Lake · lake · Gallatin · ~62 km · Must-see
• Frazier Lake · lake · Gallatin · ~62 km · Must-see
• Hyalite Reservoir · lake · Gallatin · ~104 km · Must-see
• Heather Lake · lake · Gallatin · ~111 km · Must-see
• Lake Pinchot · lake · Sweet Grass · ~119 km · Must-see
• Aufwuchs Lake · lake · Stillwater · ~129 km · Must-see
• Mystic Lake Dam · lake · Stillwater · ~137 km · Must-see
• Hidden Lakes · lake · Fremont · ~140 km · Must-see
• Beauty Lake · lake · Park · ~145 km · Must-see
• Lower Arch Lake · lake · Carbon · ~146 km · Must-see

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