Red Lake

Red 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 Red 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 Red Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.35776, -103.96243. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Red Lake

• Terry Peak · viewpoint · Lawrence · ~13 km · Must-see
• Spearfish Peak · waterfall · Lawrence · ~15 km · Must-see
• D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery · sanctuary · Lawrence · ~20 km · Must-see
• Polo Peak · viewpoint · Lawrence · ~22 km · Must-see
• Adams House Museum · museum · Lawrence · ~24 km · Must-see
• Vore Buffalo Jump · fort · Crook · ~31 km · Must-see
• Inyan Kara Mountain · viewpoint · Crook · ~43 km · Must-see
• Black Hills National Forest · sanctuary · Pennington · ~45 km · Must-see
• Warren Peak · viewpoint · Crook · ~51 km · Must-see
• Bear Butte · viewpoint · Meade · ~56 km · Must-see
• Pactola Reservoir Recreation Area · lake · Pennington · ~58 km · Must-see
• Odakota Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~64 km · Must-see
• Black Hills Institute · museum · Pennington · ~70 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~71 km · Must-see
• Sheridan Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~74 km · Must-see
• Weston County Courthouse · fort · Weston · ~74 km · Must-see
• Anna Miller Museum · fort · Weston · ~74 km · Must-see
• Roughlock Falls · waterfall · Lawrence · ~2 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Red Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Red Lake

• Pactola Reservoir Recreation Area · lake · Pennington · ~58 km · Must-see
• Sheridan Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~74 km · Must-see
• Horse Thief Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~80 km · Must-see
• Sylvan Lake · lake · Custer · ~82 km · Must-see
• Keyhole State Park · lake · Crook · ~87 km · Must-see
• Lakota Dam · lake · Custer · ~90 km · Must-see
• Dry Lake Pond · lake · Lawrence · ~18 km
• Tomahawk Lake Country Club · lake · Lawrence · ~29 km
• Rocky Ford Dam · lake · Crook · ~33 km
• Williams Dam · lake · Crook · ~37 km

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