Trail Dam

Trail Dam: 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 Trail Dam

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 Trail Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.58751, -103.57661. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Trail Dam

• Purgatoire River Dinosaur Tracks · attraction · Las Animas · ~5 km · Must-see
• Comanche National Grassland · sanctuary · Las Animas · ~47 km · Must-see
• Aguaje Canyon · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~53 km · Must-see
• Koshare Museum & Trading Post · museum · Otero · ~54 km · Must-see
• Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site · fort · Otero · ~65 km · Must-see
• Mesa de Maya · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~68 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~75 km · Must-see
• Dolores Mission · fort · Las Animas · ~7 km
• David Canyon D Road · fort · Otero · ~26 km
• Prairie Land and Irrigation Number 1 Dam · lake · Otero · ~52 km
• First Assembly Of God · church · Otero · ~53 km
• Church Of Christ · church · Las Animas · ~53 km
• Otero Museum · museum · Otero · ~54 km
• The State Bank · fort · Otero · ~56 km
• The Windsplitter · viewpoint · Baca · ~56 km
• Colorado Millennial Site · fort · Baca · ~57 km
• Snowden Lake · lake · Otero · ~59 km
• The Hogback · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~61 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Trail Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Trail Dam

• Lake Meredith Reservoir · lake · Crowley · ~85 km · Must-see
• John Martin Reservoir · lake · Bent · ~94 km · Must-see
• Adobe Creek Dam · lake · Bent · ~96 km · Must-see
• John Martin Reservoir State Park · lake · Bent · ~96 km · Must-see
• Lake Maloya · lake · Colfax · ~121 km · Must-see
• Lake Maloya · lake · Las Animas · ~121 km · Must-see
• Trinidad Lake State Park · lake · Las Animas · ~127 km · Must-see
• Lake Carl Etling · lake · Baca · ~129 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa State Park;Lake Carl Etling Public Fishing Area · lake · Cimarron · ~129 km · Must-see
• Saint Charles Mesa Dam · lake · Pueblo · ~140 km · Must-see

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