Crystal Lake

Crystal 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 Crystal 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 Crystal Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.75829, -107.94566. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Crystal Lake

• Mason-Lovell Ranch · attraction · Big Horn · ~23 km · Must-see
• Shell Falls · waterfall · Big Horn · ~41 km · Must-see
• Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~43 km · Must-see
• Tongue Cave · cave · Sheridan · ~62 km · Must-see
• Tongue Butte · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~64 km · Must-see
• Bighorn National Forest · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~67 km · Must-see
• Dayton Community Hall · fort · Sheridan · ~69 km · Must-see
• Flockhart Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~5 km
• N and S Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~7 km
• Medicine Mountain · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~9 km
• Black Butte · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~10 km
• Medicine Wheel · fort · Big Horn · ~10 km
• Brown Number 1 Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~12 km
• Bald Mountain · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~12 km
• Porcupine Falls · waterfall · Big Horn · ~14 km
• Cone Mountain · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~15 km
• Brown Number 2 Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~16 km
• Rooster Hill · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~16 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Crystal Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Crystal Lake

• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~94 km · Must-see
• Lake De Smet · lake · Johnson · ~124 km · Must-see
• Tongue River Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~127 km · Must-see
• Buffalo Bill Dam · lake · Park · ~128 km · Must-see
• Buffalo Bill Reservoir · lake · Park · ~135 km · Must-see
• Flockhart Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~5 km
• N and S Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~7 km
• Brown Number 1 Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~12 km
• Brown Number 2 Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~16 km
• Five Springs Number 1 Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~17 km

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