Hunter Dam

Hunter 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 Hunter 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 Hunter Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.98542, -106.38953. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Hunter Dam

• Platte River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~12 km · Must-see
• Savage Run Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~28 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel · viewpoint · Jackson · ~36 km · Must-see
• Encampment River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~43 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · sanctuary · Carbon · ~45 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel Wilderness · sanctuary · Routt · ~46 km · Must-see
• Jelm Mountain · viewpoint · Albany · ~46 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow Peak · viewpoint · Albany · ~53 km · Must-see
• Swastika Lake · lake · Albany · ~53 km · Must-see
• State Forest State Park · sanctuary · Jackson · ~56 km · Must-see
• Rawah Wilderness · sanctuary · Larimer · ~58 km · Must-see
• Pearl Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~59 km · Must-see
• Hahns Peak · viewpoint · Routt · ~60 km · Must-see
• Huston Park Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~64 km · Must-see
• Steamboat Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~67 km · Must-see
• Clark Peak · viewpoint · Larimer · ~71 km · Must-see
• Northgate Canyon · viewpoint · Jackson · ~5 km
• Parkview Hill · viewpoint · Carbon · ~5 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Hunter Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Hunter Dam

• Swastika Lake · lake · Albany · ~53 km · Must-see
• Pearl Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~59 km · Must-see
• Steamboat Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~67 km · Must-see
• Chambers Lake · lake · Larimer · ~77 km · Must-see
• Lake Agnes · lake · Grand · ~91 km · Must-see
• Comanche Reservoir Overlook · lake · Larimer · ~93 km · Must-see
• La Poudre Pass Lake · lake · Grand · ~93 km · Must-see
• Long Draw Dam · lake · Larimer · ~93 km · Must-see
• Poudre Lake · lake · Larimer · ~99 km · Must-see
• Snowdrift Lake · lake · Grand · ~117 km · Must-see

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