Trachyte Dam

Trachyte 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 Trachyte 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 Trachyte Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.97539, -110.61542. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Trachyte Dam

• Mount Hillers · viewpoint · Garfield · ~15 km · Must-see
• Ragged Mountain · viewpoint · Garfield · ~17 km · Must-see
• Mount Pennell · viewpoint · Garfield · ~19 km · Must-see
• Bull Mountain Wilderness Study Area · viewpoint · Garfield · ~24 km · Must-see
• Mount Holmes · viewpoint · Garfield · ~25 km · Must-see
• Mount Ellen · viewpoint · Garfield · ~29 km · Must-see
• Mount Ellsworth · viewpoint · Garfield · ~32 km · Must-see
• Cataract Canyon · viewpoint · San Juan · ~38 km · Must-see
• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Garfield · ~49 km · Must-see
• Bloody Hands Gap · viewpoint · Garfield · ~53 km · Must-see
• Blue Point · viewpoint · Wayne · ~53 km · Must-see
• Deadman Hill · viewpoint · Wayne · ~58 km · Must-see
• Capitol Reef National Park · sanctuary · Garfield · ~59 km · Must-see
• Robbers Roost Spring · viewpoint · Wayne · ~60 km · Must-see
• Little Death Hollow Trailhead · viewpoint · Garfield · ~67 km · Must-see
• Eph Hanks Tower · viewpoint · Wayne · ~71 km · Must-see
• Golden Throne · viewpoint · Wayne · ~71 km · Must-see
• Factory Butte · viewpoint · Wayne · ~72 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Trachyte Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Trachyte Dam

• Lake Powell · lake · Kane · ~89 km · Must-see
• Blind Lake · lake · Wayne · ~95 km · Must-see
• Cuddyback Lake · lake · Garfield · ~100 km · Must-see
• Thousand Lake Mountain · lake · Wayne · ~113 km · Must-see
• Dugout Reservoir · lake · San Juan · ~116 km · Must-see
• Cyclone Lake · lake · Garfield · ~121 km · Must-see
• Monticello Lake Dam · lake · San Juan · ~126 km · Must-see
• Blanding City Number Four Dam · lake · San Juan · ~130 km · Must-see
• Fish Lake · lake · Sevier · ~144 km · Must-see
• Crow Seep · lake · Wayne · ~53 km

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