Summit Dam

Summit Dam: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. 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 Summit Dam

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Summit Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.12738, -106.60299. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Summit Dam

• Encampment River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~20 km · Must-see
• Savage Run Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~24 km · Must-see
• Platte River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~25 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · sanctuary · Carbon · ~34 km · Must-see
• Huston Park Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~40 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel · viewpoint · Jackson · ~42 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow Peak · viewpoint · Albany · ~44 km · Must-see
• Swastika Lake · lake · Albany · ~49 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel Wilderness · sanctuary · Routt · ~52 km · Must-see
• Hahns Peak · viewpoint · Routt · ~52 km · Must-see
• Saratoga National Fish Hatchery · park · Carbon · ~55 km · Must-see
• Pearl Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~56 km · Must-see
• Steamboat Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~60 km · Must-see
• Jelm Mountain · viewpoint · Albany · ~66 km · Must-see
• Columbus Mountain · viewpoint · Routt · ~71 km · Must-see
• Elk Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~71 km · Must-see
• Coyote Hill · viewpoint · Carbon · ~3 km
• Golden Clover Number 1 Dam · lake · Carbon · ~4 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Summit Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Summit Dam

• Swastika Lake · lake · Albany · ~49 km · Must-see
• Pearl Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~56 km · Must-see
• Steamboat Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~60 km · Must-see
• Chambers Lake · lake · Larimer · ~107 km · Must-see
• Lake Agnes · lake · Grand · ~108 km · Must-see
• Elkhead Creek Dam · lake · Moffat · ~114 km · Must-see
• La Poudre Pass Lake · lake · Grand · ~122 km · Must-see
• Comanche Reservoir Overlook · lake · Larimer · ~122 km · Must-see
• Long Draw Dam · lake · Larimer · ~123 km · Must-see
• Poudre Lake · lake · Larimer · ~129 km · Must-see

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