Moonlight Pond

Moonlight Pond: 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 Moonlight Pond

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 Moonlight Pond — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.86293, -105.25627. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Moonlight Pond

• Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument · sanctuary · Teller · ~7 km · Must-see
• Ute Pass · viewpoint · Teller · ~15 km · Must-see
• Cripple Creek Baptist Church · church · Teller · ~18 km · Must-see
• Pikes Peak · viewpoint · El Paso · ~23 km · Must-see
• Crystal Falls / Kirkpatrick Trail · waterfall · Teller · ~26 km · Must-see
• Barr Trail · trek · El Paso · ~29 km · Must-see
• Ruxton Park · park · El Paso · ~31 km · Must-see
• Fourmile Canyon · viewpoint · Fremont · ~31 km · Must-see
• Mount Manitou · viewpoint · El Paso · ~32 km · Must-see
• Englemann Canyon · viewpoint · El Paso · ~32 km · Must-see
• Thirtynine Mile Mountain · viewpoint · Park · ~33 km · Must-see
• Rampart Reservoir · lake · El Paso · ~35 km · Must-see
• Miramont Castle · museum · El Paso · ~36 km · Must-see
• Cave of the Winds · cave · El Paso · ~36 km · Must-see
• Mount Rosa · viewpoint · Teller · ~37 km · Must-see
• Manitou Cliff Dwellings · museum · El Paso · ~37 km · Must-see
• Badger Mountain · viewpoint · Park · ~38 km · Must-see
• Balanced Rock · sanctuary · El Paso · ~39 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Moonlight Pond

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• Brush Hollow Dam · lake · Fremont · ~61 km · Must-see
• Tarryall Dam · lake · Park · ~63 km · Must-see
• Antero Reservoir · lake · Park · ~73 km · Must-see
• De Weese Dam · lake · Custer · ~93 km · Must-see
• Chatfield Reservoir · lake · Douglas · ~96 km · Must-see
• Rueter-Hess Reservoir · lake · Douglas · ~98 km · Must-see
• Lake Pueblo State Park · lake · Pueblo · ~100 km · Must-see
• Chalk Lake · lake · Chaffee · ~108 km · Must-see

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