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: 44.45256, -107.25296. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Crystal Lake

• Cloud Peak Wilderness · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~7 km · Must-see
• Black Tooth Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~10 km · Must-see
• Hallelujah · viewpoint · Johnson · ~10 km · Must-see
• Mount Woolsey · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~10 km · Must-see
• Innominate · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~11 km · Must-see
• Penrose Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~12 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~13 km · Must-see
• Bighorn National Forest · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~13 km · Must-see
• Bomber Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~15 km · Must-see
• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~18 km · Must-see
• Mather Peaks · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~21 km · Must-see
• Darton Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~28 km · Must-see
• Bighorn Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~31 km · Must-see
• Loaf Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~38 km · Must-see
• Shell Falls · waterfall · Big Horn · ~40 km · Must-see
• High Park Fire Lookout · viewpoint · Washakie · ~42 km · Must-see
• Tongue Butte · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~43 km · Must-see
• Fort Phil Kearny · fort · Johnson · ~44 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Crystal Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Crystal Lake

• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~18 km · Must-see
• Lake De Smet · lake · Johnson · ~50 km · Must-see
• Tongue River Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~106 km · Must-see
• Cross Creek Reservoir Dam · lake · Johnson · ~8 km
• Hansen Number 3 Dam · lake · Johnson · ~12 km
• Middle Cloud Peak lake · lake · Big Horn · ~12 km
• Willits Reservoir Dam · lake · Johnson · ~13 km
• Bighorn Dam · lake · Johnson · ~13 km
• Kearny Lake Dam · lake · Johnson · ~13 km
• Glacier Lake · lake · Johnson · ~13 km

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