Shale Lake

Shale 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 Shale 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 Shale Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 64.46662, -129.61583. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Shale Lake

• Canol Trail · trek · Sahtu Region · ~74 km · Must-see
• Fourway Pass · viewpoint · Yukon · ~67 km
• Shattered Range · viewpoint · Yukon · ~49 km
• Willow Handle Lake · lake · Yukon · ~51 km
• Cache Lake · lake · Yukon · ~54 km
• Source Peaks · viewpoint · Yukon · ~69 km
• Cache Mountain · viewpoint · Sahtu Region · ~75 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Shale Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Shale Lake

• Willow Handle Lake · lake · Yukon · ~51 km
• Cache Lake · lake · Yukon · ~54 km
• McClure Lake · lake · Sahtu Region · ~76 km
• Porter Lake · lake · Yukon · ~101 km
• Godlin Lakes · lake · Yukon · ~105 km
• Carcajou Lake (sjö i Kanada, Northwest Territories, lat 64,68, long · lake · Sahtu Region · ~107 km
• Misty Lake · lake · Yukon · ~111 km
• Misfortune Lake · lake · Yukon · ~115 km
• Algae Lake · lake · Yukon · ~124 km
• Orthogonal River · lake · Yukon · ~134 km

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