Buckles Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Archuleta County, Colorado     User input for Buckles Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Archuleta County, Colorado: Be the first to submit input for Buckles Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines        Buckles Lake is regularly a reasonably arid spot; of all the months in a year August is the one with the most rain while June is the month with the least amount of precipitation. Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. If you don't mind getting covered with water, you can always go whitewater paddling on Rio Blanco, and if the weather is good, you can go for a hike along the Leche Creek Trail. This lake is so wonderful. You'll       need more than a day to explore everything Buckles Lake has to offer, you can camp at Acres Green RV Park, and V Mountain is pretty and can be distinguished from here. If you have a thing about the outdoors, you'll have a thing about Buckles Lake. Looking for something in the vicinity of Buckles Lake? Spring Creek Lakes is close at hand, and don't leave Buckles Lake without first checking out V Rock. This lake is so wonderful. Stay the night at Blanco River Campground,                  and Navajo River is a splendid whitewater spot close by. This lake is one of the great places here in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. But wait, there's more exciting stuff to do in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. You could also take a look at Harris Lake since you're here at Buckles Lake; it's close by, and a great nearby hotel is OakRidge Lodge. During the summer months here at Buckles Lake, high temperatures commonly reach the 80's, and through summer nights temperatures are in the 40's. All through the wintertime the highs are mostly in the 30's, and nighttime lows through the wintertime for Buckles Lake tend to be in the 0's. On a tremendous day at Buckles Lake you can take a hike along the Blanco River Trail; Harris Lake Dam has brilliant water scenery. The V Rock Trail is a magnificent hiking trail close to Buckles Lake, and if you need a place to stay Holiday Inn Express PAGOSA SPRINGS is a nice choice.   Holiday Inn Express PAGOSA SPRINGS, Pagosa Springs 15 miles away The Holiday Inn Express Pagosa Springs offers guest rooms with either one king or two queen beds; all interior corridor. Every room has a 25' color TV, coffee maker, hair dryer, iron and ironing board... OakRidge Lodge, Pagosa Springs 16 miles away The Oak Ridge Lodge is just steps away from the beautiful San Juan River and directly below Pagosa Springs expansive Reservoir Hill Park with horseback riding and hiking trails, winding through 50 acr... Current weather conditions at Buckles Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Archuleta County, Colorado Local climate location: PAGOSA SPRINGS 13 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 37.14167 Longitude: -106.8083 San Juan and Jemez Mountains Lakes Complete list of all the lakes in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. San Juan and Jemez Mountains Outdoors Info Complete outdoors info for the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. Colorado Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Colorado Archuleta County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Archuleta County Books about Buckles Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Buckles Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Archuleta County, Colorado. Outdoors Recreation Near Espanola, New Mexico Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Espanola, New Mexico, the metro area neareast to Buckles Lake. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more. Colorado Outdoors Index This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of Colorado.     These outdoors activities are available near Buckles Lake.   Hotels Near Buckles Lake: Holiday Inn Express PAGOSA SPRINGS, Pagosa Springs, 15 miles away OakRidge Lodge, Pagosa Springs, 16 miles away Best Western Jicarilla Inn & Casino, Dulce, 17 miles away Whispering Pines Condominums, Pagosa Springs, 18 miles away Pagosa Lodge, Pagosa Springs, 19 miles away   Camp Grounds Near Buckles Lake: Blanco River Campground, Archuleta County, 5 miles away Acres Green RV Park, Pagosa Springs, 10 miles away The Last Resort RV Park and Campground, Pagosa Springs, 13 miles away Pagosa Riverside Campground, Pagosa Springs, 14 miles away   Ski Areas Near Buckles Lake: Wolf Creek, Colorado, 20 miles away       1604 vertical feet   Whitewater Near Buckles Lake: Navajo River, Rio Arriba CountyCounty, 11 miles away       Class II - 20 miles long (Chromo Colorado to Colorado Border) Rio Blanco, Archuleta CountyCounty, 13 miles away       Class II-III - 8 miles long (Highway 84 to San Juan River) San Juan River - East Fork, Archuleta CountyCounty, 13 miles away       Class III-IV - 4 miles long (East Fork to 160 Bridge)   Trails Near Buckles Lake: Leche Creek Trail, Archuleta County, 3 miles away Blanco River Trail, Archuleta County, 5 miles away V Rock Trail, Archuleta County, 5 miles away   Lakes Near Buckles Lake: Harris Lake, Archuleta CountyCounty, 1 miles away Spring Creek Lakes, Archuleta CountyCounty, 2 miles away