Sandy Lake

Sandy 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 Sandy 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 Sandy Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.36224, -106.28587. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Sandy Lake

• Medicine Bow Peak · viewpoint · Albany · ~3 km · Must-see
• Swastika Lake · lake · Albany · ~6 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · sanctuary · Carbon · ~13 km · Must-see
• Savage Run Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~26 km · Must-see
• Platte River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~41 km · Must-see
• Elk Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~45 km · Must-see
• Jelm Mountain · viewpoint · Albany · ~49 km · Must-see
• Fort Halleck · fort · Carbon · ~52 km · Must-see
• Saratoga National Fish Hatchery · park · Carbon · ~55 km · Must-see
• The Big Hollow · viewpoint · Albany · ~59 km · Must-see
• Encampment River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~65 km · Must-see
• Women’s History statue · museum · Albany · ~73 km · Must-see
• Fort Sanders Guardhouse · fort · Albany · ~73 km · Must-see
• Saint Paul's United Church of Christ · church · Albany · ~73 km · Must-see
• Laramie Plains Museum · museum · Albany · ~73 km · Must-see
• Fossil Bone Cabin · attraction · Albany · ~73 km · Must-see
• Browns Peak · viewpoint · Albany · ~2 km
• Libby Lake · lake · Albany · ~2 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Sandy Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Sandy Lake

• Swastika Lake · lake · Albany · ~6 km · Must-see
• Pearl Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~102 km · Must-see
• Steamboat Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~106 km · Must-see
• Chambers Lake · lake · Larimer · ~115 km · Must-see
• Seminoe Reservoir · lake · Carbon · ~119 km · Must-see
• Comanche Reservoir Overlook · lake · Larimer · ~124 km · Must-see
• Long Draw Dam · lake · Larimer · ~131 km · Must-see
• La Poudre Pass Lake · lake · Grand · ~133 km · Must-see
• Poudre Lake · lake · Larimer · ~140 km · Must-see
• Milton Seaman Dam · lake · Larimer · ~143 km · Must-see

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