Cold Lake

Cold 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 Cold 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 Cold Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 45.19269, -109.80858. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Cold Lake

• Granite Glacier · viewpoint · Park · ~3 km · Must-see
• Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) · viewpoint · Park · ~4 km · Must-see
• Tempest Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~4 km · Must-see
• Granite Peak · viewpoint · Park · ~4 km · Must-see
• Sky Top Glacier · viewpoint · Park · ~4 km · Must-see
• Mystic Mountain · viewpoint · Park · ~5 km · Must-see
• Froze-to-Death Mountain · viewpoint · Stillwater · ~5 km · Must-see
• Mount Peal · viewpoint · Carbon · ~6 km · Must-see
• Hidden Glacier · viewpoint · Park · ~6 km · Must-see
• Mount Villard · viewpoint · Park · ~6 km · Must-see
• Cairn Mountain · viewpoint · Park · ~6 km · Must-see
• Mystic Lake Dam · lake · Stillwater · ~7 km · Must-see
• Glacier Peak · viewpoint · Park · ~7 km · Must-see
• Phantom Glacier · viewpoint · Carbon · ~8 km · Must-see
• Lower Arch Lake · lake · Carbon · ~9 km · Must-see
• Mount Hague · viewpoint · Stillwater · ~10 km · Must-see
• Grasshopper Glacier · viewpoint · Park · ~11 km · Must-see
• Wolf Glacier · viewpoint · Park · ~11 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Cold Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Cold Lake

• Mystic Lake Dam · lake · Stillwater · ~7 km · Must-see
• Lower Arch Lake · lake · Carbon · ~9 km · Must-see
• Beauty Lake · lake · Park · ~20 km · Must-see
• Aufwuchs Lake · lake · Stillwater · ~24 km · Must-see
• Lake Pinchot · lake · Sweet Grass · ~29 km · Must-see
• Greenough Lake · lake · Park · ~43 km · Must-see
• Wild Bill Lake · lake · Carbon · ~43 km · Must-see
• Trout Lake · lake · Park · ~51 km · Must-see
• Cooney Reservoir State Park · lake · Carbon · ~67 km · Must-see
• Cooney Dam · lake · Carbon · ~69 km · Must-see

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