Kelly Dam

Kelly 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 Kelly 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 Kelly Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.05615, -106.86015. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Kelly Dam

• Flat Top Mountain · viewpoint · Garfield · ~24 km · Must-see
• Stagecoach State Park · sanctuary · Routt · ~31 km · Must-see
• Sarvis Creek Wilderness · sanctuary · Routt · ~32 km · Must-see
• Gore Canyon · viewpoint · Grand · ~39 km · Must-see
• Castle Peak · viewpoint · Eagle · ~40 km · Must-see
• Trappers Lake · lake · Garfield · ~41 km · Must-see
• Dunckley Flat Tops · viewpoint · Routt · ~43 km · Must-see
• Wolford Mountain Reservoir · lake · Grand · ~48 km · Must-see
• Ripple Creek Overlook · viewpoint · Rio Blanco · ~48 km · Must-see
• Flat Tops Wilderness · sanctuary · Garfield · ~48 km · Must-see
• Lake Agnes · lake · Grand · ~50 km · Must-see
• Baker Mountain · viewpoint · Jackson · ~52 km · Must-see
• Grannys Nipple · viewpoint · Grand · ~52 km · Must-see
• Whiteley Peak · viewpoint · Grand · ~53 km · Must-see
• Mount Werner · viewpoint · Routt · ~57 km · Must-see
• Yampa River Botanic Park · park · Routt · ~57 km · Must-see
• Rabbit Ears Peak · viewpoint · Jackson · ~58 km · Must-see
• Dotsero Crater · viewpoint · Eagle · ~58 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Kelly Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Kelly Dam

• Trappers Lake · lake · Garfield · ~41 km · Must-see
• Wolford Mountain Reservoir · lake · Grand · ~48 km · Must-see
• Lake Agnes · lake · Grand · ~50 km · Must-see
• Deep Lake · lake · Garfield · ~61 km · Must-see
• Green Mountain Reservoir · lake · Summit · ~68 km · Must-see
• Williams Fork Dam · lake · Grand · ~70 km · Must-see
• Middle Lake Trail · lake · Eagle · ~76 km · Must-see
• Sylvan Lake State Park · lake · Eagle · ~78 km · Must-see
• Harker Park Lake · lake · Rio Blanco · ~82 km · Must-see
• Lake Avery · lake · Rio Blanco · ~85 km · Must-see

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