Mud Lake

Mud 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 Mud 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 Mud Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.51077, -107.38010. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Mud Lake

• Bighorn National Forest · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~2 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak Wilderness · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~21 km · Must-see
• Black Tooth Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~25 km · Must-see
• Hallelujah · viewpoint · Johnson · ~25 km · Must-see
• Mount Woolsey · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~25 km · Must-see
• Shell Falls · waterfall · Big Horn · ~25 km · Must-see
• Innominate · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~26 km · Must-see
• Penrose Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~27 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~27 km · Must-see
• Bomber Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~30 km · Must-see
• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~31 km · Must-see
• Mather Peaks · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~35 km · Must-see
• Tongue Butte · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~36 km · Must-see
• Darton Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~42 km · Must-see
• Bighorn Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~45 km · Must-see
• Tongue Cave · cave · Sheridan · ~47 km · Must-see
• Loaf Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~52 km · Must-see
• Dayton Community Hall · fort · Sheridan · ~52 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Mud Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Mud Lake

• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~31 km · Must-see
• Lake De Smet · lake · Johnson · ~62 km · Must-see
• Tongue River Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~105 km · Must-see
• Adelaide Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~3 km
• Shell Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~3 km
• Weston Dam · lake · Sheridan · ~14 km
• Dome Lake Number 1 Dam · lake · Sheridan · ~14 km
• Twin Lakes Number 1 Dam · lake · Sheridan · ~15 km
• Twin Lakes Number 2 Dam · lake · Sheridan · ~16 km
• Hansen Number 3 Dam · lake · Johnson · ~16 km

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