Blue Lake

Blue 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 Blue 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 Blue Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 45.67925, -123.53497. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Blue Lake

• Rogers Peak · viewpoint · Tillamook · ~2 km · Must-see
• Rogers Peak · sanctuary · Wahkiakum · ~2 km · Must-see
• Larch Mountain · viewpoint · Washington · ~11 km · Must-see
• Larch Mountain · viewpoint · Wahkiakum · ~11 km · Must-see
• Salmonberry Trail · trek · Tillamook · ~13 km · Must-see
• Round Top · viewpoint · Clark · ~17 km · Must-see
• Round Top · viewpoint · Washington · ~17 km · Must-see
• South Saddle Mountain · viewpoint · Clark · ~24 km · Must-see
• God's Valley Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Clatsop · ~25 km · Must-see
• Tillamook State Forest · sanctuary · Tillamook · ~33 km · Must-see
• Banks-Vernonia Trail · trek · Washington · ~36 km · Must-see
• Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Clatsop · ~38 km · Must-see
• Tillamook Cheese Factory · lake · Tillamook · ~40 km · Must-see
• Henry Hagg Lake · lake · Washington · ~41 km · Must-see
• Neahkahnie Mountain · viewpoint · Pacific · ~42 km · Must-see
• Neahkahnie Mountain · viewpoint · Tillamook · ~42 km · Must-see
• Oswald West State Park · sanctuary · Tillamook · ~43 km · Must-see
• Saddle Mountain · viewpoint · Wahkiakum · ~43 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Blue Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Blue Lake

• Tillamook Cheese Factory · lake · Tillamook · ~40 km · Must-see
• Henry Hagg Lake · lake · Washington · ~41 km · Must-see
• McGuire Dam · lake · Yamhill · ~53 km · Must-see
• Cullaby Lake · lake · Pacific · ~67 km · Must-see
• Scappoose Bay · lake · Columbia · ~72 km · Must-see
• Sturgeon Lake · lake · Clark · ~73 km · Must-see
• Willamette River Light · lake · Clark · ~75 km · Must-see
• Curtis Lake · lake · Clark · ~77 km · Must-see
• Vancouver Lake · lake · Clark · ~79 km · Must-see
• Guild's Lake · lake · Clark · ~81 km · Must-see

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