Summit Lake

Summit 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 peak: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Summit 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 Summit Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.37327, -107.24482. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Summit Lake

• Cloud Peak Wilderness · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~5 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~7 km · Must-see
• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~7 km · Must-see
• Black Tooth Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~8 km · Must-see
• Mount Woolsey · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~8 km · Must-see
• Innominate · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~8 km · Must-see
• Bomber Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~9 km · Must-see
• Hallelujah · viewpoint · Johnson · ~9 km · Must-see
• Penrose Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~12 km · Must-see
• Mather Peaks · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~12 km · Must-see
• Darton Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~19 km · Must-see
• Bighorn Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~21 km · Must-see
• Bighorn National Forest · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~22 km · Must-see
• Loaf Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~28 km · Must-see
• High Park Fire Lookout · viewpoint · Washakie · ~31 km · Must-see
• Powder River Pass information sign · viewpoint · Johnson · ~35 km · Must-see
• Fort Phil Kearny · fort · Johnson · ~47 km · Must-see
• Shell Falls · waterfall · Big Horn · ~47 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Summit Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Summit Lake

• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~7 km · Must-see
• Lake De Smet · lake · Johnson · ~51 km · Must-see
• Tongue River Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~115 km · Must-see
• Middle Cloud Peak lake · lake · Big Horn · ~3 km
• Lake Solitude · lake · Big Horn · ~3 km
• Mistymoon Lake · lake · Big Horn · ~5 km
• Florence Lake · lake · Johnson · ~7 km
• Glacier Lake · lake · Johnson · ~9 km
• Diamond Lake · lake · Johnson · ~11 km
• West Tensleep Lake · lake · Big Horn · ~16 km

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