Lake Elsa

Lake Elsa: 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 Lake Elsa

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 Lake Elsa — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.42126, -107.22020. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Lake Elsa

• Cloud Peak Wilderness · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~2 km · Must-see
• Black Tooth Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~5 km · Must-see
• Mount Woolsey · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~5 km · Must-see
• Hallelujah · viewpoint · Johnson · ~5 km · Must-see
• Innominate · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~6 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~7 km · Must-see
• Penrose Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~8 km · Must-see
• Bomber Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~10 km · Must-see
• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~14 km · Must-see
• Mather Peaks · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~15 km · Must-see
• Bighorn National Forest · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~19 km · Must-see
• Darton Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~23 km · Must-see
• Bighorn Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~26 km · Must-see
• Loaf Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~33 km · Must-see
• High Park Fire Lookout · viewpoint · Washakie · ~38 km · Must-see
• Powder River Pass information sign · viewpoint · Johnson · ~40 km · Must-see
• Fort Phil Kearny · fort · Johnson · ~42 km · Must-see
• Shell Falls · waterfall · Big Horn · ~45 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Lake Elsa

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Lake Elsa

• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~14 km · Must-see
• Lake De Smet · lake · Johnson · ~47 km · Must-see
• Tongue River Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~108 km · Must-see
• Middle Cloud Peak lake · lake · Big Horn · ~7 km
• Glacier Lake · lake · Johnson · ~8 km
• Diamond Lake · lake · Johnson · ~10 km
• Lake Solitude · lake · Big Horn · ~10 km
• Kearny Lake Dam · lake · Johnson · ~11 km
• Florence Lake · lake · Johnson · ~11 km
• Mistymoon Lake · lake · Big Horn · ~11 km

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