Silver Lake

Silver 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 Silver 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 Silver Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.61310, -106.86930. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Silver Lake

• Fort Phil Kearny · fort · Johnson · ~12 km · Must-see
• Lake De Smet · lake · Johnson · ~22 km · Must-see
• Sheridan Inn National Historical Landmark · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~28 km · Must-see
• Penrose Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~39 km · Must-see
• Methodist Episcopal Church · church · Johnson · ~40 km · Must-see
• Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum · museum · Johnson · ~40 km · Must-see
• Buffalo City Park · park · Johnson · ~41 km · Must-see
• Union Congregational Church · church · Johnson · ~41 km · Must-see
• St. Luke's Episcopal Church · church · Johnson · ~41 km · Must-see
• Hallelujah · viewpoint · Johnson · ~41 km · Must-see
• Black Tooth Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~42 km · Must-see
• Mount Woolsey · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~42 km · Must-see
• Innominate · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~42 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~44 km · Must-see
• Bomber Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~44 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak Wilderness · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~46 km · Must-see
• Tongue Butte · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~47 km · Must-see
• Mather Peaks · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~49 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Silver Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Silver Lake

• Lake De Smet · lake · Johnson · ~22 km · Must-see
• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~53 km · Must-see
• Tongue River Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~73 km · Must-see
• Gillette Fishing Lake · lake · Campbell · ~145 km · Must-see
• Moncreiffe Dam · lake · Sheridan · ~6 km
• Menardi and White Dam · lake · Sheridan · ~6 km
• Duncan Dam · lake · Sheridan · ~6 km
• Allen Dam · lake · Sheridan · ~11 km
• Reynolds Piney Creek Diversion Dam · lake · Johnson · ~13 km
• Kaufman Dam · lake · Johnson · ~16 km

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