Crater Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Archuleta County, Colorado     User input for Crater Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Archuleta County, Colorado: Be the first to submit input for Crater Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines        Having a great time at Crater Lake is simple. In case you don’t mind getting dripping wet, you can always go whitewater paddling on Rio Brazos, and there's delightful hiking along the La Manga Stock Driveway. Why not take a refreshing hike along the Elk Creek Trail, and if you get bored of Crater Lake you could also explore close by Finger Lake. Crater Lake is located in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. Crater Lake sees pretty high levels of rainfall; most       of the snow falls throughout March; the driest month of the year is June. All the outdoors cool stuff in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains will keep you coming back time and again. If you came for an overnight stay El Vado Lake Camping Resort is a nice place to camp, and Glacier Lakes is a nearby lake that you could go to. Throughout the warm months at Crater Lake temperatures are usually in the 60's, and through the night it cools down to the 40's. The wintertime                  brings highs down to the 30's, and overnight lows through the winter for Crater Lake tend to be in the 0's. This lake is so wonderful. The Red Lake Trail offers hiking at its best, and after a long day outdoors Branding Iron Motel is a great place to spend a night or two. Yeah, come up here to the San Juan and Jemez Mountains for a delightful time. Dry warm beds await you at Best Western Jicarilla Inn & Casino. Rio Chama is a tremendous whitewater spot close to Crater Lake, and Trujillo Meadows Campground is a great campground nearby.   Branding Iron Motel, Chama 9 miles away The Branding Iron is centrally located in the scenic Chama Valley just 3/4 mile from the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railway. Each of our spacious immaculate guest rooms offers in-room coffee service- ... Best Western Jicarilla Inn & Casino, Dulce 34 miles away Pronounced Hick-ah-REE-ya, the Best Western Jicarilla Inn and Casino is located on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation in the beautiful Rocky Mountains, surrounded by fabulous scenery, streams, mountains... Current weather conditions at Crater Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Archuleta County, Colorado Local climate location: WOLF CREEK PASS 15 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 37.02028 Longitude: -106.5047 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 Crater Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Crater 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 Crater 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 Crater Lake.   Hotels Near Crater Lake: Branding Iron Motel, Chama, 9 miles away Best Western Jicarilla Inn & Casino, Dulce, 34 miles away Narrow Gauge RR Inn, Antonito, 35 miles away Holiday Inn Express PAGOSA SPRINGS, Pagosa Springs, 36 miles away Allington Inn and Suites, South Fork, 37 miles away   Camp Grounds Near Crater Lake: El Vado Lake Camping Resort, Tierra Amarilla, 3 miles away Trujillo Meadows Campground, Conejos County, 4 miles away Rio Chama RV Campground, Chama, 8 miles away Sky Mountain Resort, Chama, 8 miles away   Whitewater Near Crater Lake: Rio Chama, Rio Arriba CountyCounty, 13 miles away       Class I-II - 15 miles long (Chama to Los Ojos) Rio Brazos, Rio Arriba Co. CountyCounty, 13 miles away       Class V+ - 14.5 miles long (above Corkins Lodge) Conejos River, Conejos CountyCounty, 14 miles away       Class II-IV - 6.4 miles long (Platoro Reservoir to South Fork Conejos)   National Parks Near Crater Lake: Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos - NM, 66 miles away Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Mosca - CO, 66 miles away   Trails Near Crater Lake: La Manga Stock Driveway, Conejos County, 5 miles away Red Lake Trail, Conejos County, 6 miles away Elk Creek Trail, Conejos County, 7 miles away   Lakes Near Crater Lake: Glacier Lakes, Archuleta CountyCounty, 0 miles away Finger Lake, Archuleta CountyCounty, 0 miles away