Baxter Dam

Baxter 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 Baxter 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 Baxter Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.76881, -107.67298. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Baxter Dam

• Youngs Peak · viewpoint · Delta · ~11 km · Must-see
• Landsend Peak · viewpoint · Delta · ~13 km · Must-see
• Needle Rock · viewpoint · Delta · ~15 km · Must-see
• Crawford State Park · sanctuary · Delta · ~15 km · Must-see
• Mount Lamborn · viewpoint · Delta · ~17 km · Must-see
• North Saddle Peak · viewpoint · Delta · ~18 km · Must-see
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park · sanctuary · Montrose · ~28 km · Must-see
• Mendicant Ridge · viewpoint · Gunnison · ~29 km · Must-see
• Mount Guero · viewpoint · Gunnison · ~32 km · Must-see
• Mount Gunnison · viewpoint · Gunnison · ~32 km · Must-see
• Bald Mountain · viewpoint · Gunnison · ~32 km · Must-see
• Crater Peak · viewpoint · Delta · ~38 km · Must-see
• Sweitzer State Park · sanctuary · Delta · ~40 km · Must-see
• Crystal Reservoir · lake · Montrose · ~40 km · Must-see
• Museum of the Mountain West · museum · Montrose · ~42 km · Must-see
• Paonia State Park · sanctuary · Gunnison · ~44 km · Must-see
• Cerro Summit · viewpoint · Montrose · ~45 km · Must-see
• Montrose County Historical Museum · museum · Montrose · ~46 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Baxter Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Baxter Dam

• Crystal Reservoir · lake · Montrose · ~40 km · Must-see
• Morrow Point Reservoir · lake · Gunnison · ~51 km · Must-see
• Lake Fork · lake · Gunnison · ~58 km · Must-see
• Blue Mesa Reservoir · lake · Gunnison · ~69 km · Must-see
• Lizard Lake · lake · Gunnison · ~70 km · Must-see
• Ridgway Dam · lake · Ouray · ~75 km · Must-see
• Snowmass Lake · lake · Pitkin · ~84 km · Must-see
• Crater Lake · lake · Pitkin · ~88 km · Must-see
• Waterdog Lake · lake · Hinsdale · ~111 km · Must-see
• Lake San Cristobal · lake · Hinsdale · ~118 km · Must-see

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