Crater Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, San Juan County, Colorado     Custom Search User input for Crater Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, San Juan 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        Colorado has many beautiful lakes and Crater Lake is one of them. Lakes are fine; Little Molas Lake is a lake that's close to Crater Lake. North Twilight Peak can be spotted from Crater Lake; get your heart beating on the good whitewater of Lime Creek. The San Juan and Jemez Mountains scenery is always beautiful. This lake is so wonderful. You're almost certainly into lakes, Andrews Lake is one of those close by, and you can hit the slopes at Kendall Mountain       close at hand. This place, Crater Lake, it completely has so much outdoors fun stuff. There's no such thing as a bad day of skiing at nearby Silverton, and there is a good hiking trail nearby called the Deer Park Trail. Whohoo, so much fun stuff in one place! The San Juan and Jemez Mountains is great! The principal highlight in the region is the West Needle Mountains, and dry warm beds await you at Purgatory Lodge by Durango Mountain Resorts. You just                  can't envision the amount of outdoors cool stuff the San Juan and Jemez Mountains has to offer. Stay the night at Lime Creek Campground, and close by you find the Whitehead Trail which is a glorious hiking trail. This lake is so wonderful. Going for a hike on the Highline Trail is always a nice adventure; Purgatory Village Condominium Hotel is a magnificent place to get some rest. Not much precipitation falls here at Crater Lake; the wettest month of the year is commonly August, that's the one that rains the most, and the driest month of the year is June. For the duration of the summer months at Crater Lake highs are commonly in the 70's. When the night sets in temperatures drop down into the 40's. All through the wintertime highs are generally in the 30's with temperatures at Crater Lake dipping down into the 0's during winter nights. There's so much to do here at Crater Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Purgatory Campground is a great place for that, and there's whitewater on Animas River for all you adrenaline junkies.   Purgatory Village Condominium Hotel, Durango 7 miles away This ski-in/ski-out resort features a wide variety of services such as 24 hour front desk, fitness center, wedding services, complimentary Internet access in public areas, restaurants, conference room... Purgatory Lodge by Durango Mountain Resorts, Durango 7 miles away This luxury ski-in/ski-out property is the anchor of the new Purgatory Village, featuring upgraded skier services and a new Purgys Day Lodge. Purgatory Lodge units range in size from 2 bedrooms to 4 b... Current weather conditions at Crater Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, San Juan County, Colorado Local climate location: TELLURIDE 16 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 37.67444 Longitude: -107.7133 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 San Juan County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in San Juan County Books about Crater Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Crater Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, San Juan County, Colorado. Outdoors Recreation Near Durango, Colorado Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Durango, Colorado, 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: Purgatory Village Condominium Hotel, Durango, 7 miles away Purgatory Lodge by Durango Mountain Resorts, Durango, 7 miles away Purgatory Village Condominium Hotel, Silverton, 8 miles away Cascade Village, Durango, 8 miles away Cascade Village, Durango, 8 miles away   Camp Grounds Near Crater Lake: Lime Creek Campground, San Juan County, 3 miles away Purgatory Campground, La Plata County, 7 miles away Molas Lake Park, Silverton, 8 miles away Red Mountain Motel and RV Park, Silverton, 8 miles away   Ski Areas Near Crater Lake: Silverton, Colorado, 8 miles away       3000 vertical feet Kendall Mountain, Colorado, 8 miles away       400 vertical feet Telluride, Colorado, 16 miles away       3530 vertical feet   Whitewater Near Crater Lake: Animas River, San Juan/ La Plata CountyCounty, 1 miles away       Class IV-V - 24.2 miles long (Silverton to Tacoma) Lime Creek, -blank- CountyCounty, 3 miles away       Class V+ - 3 miles long (1st Gorge) Mineral Creek - South, -blank- CountyCounty, 7 miles away       Class V+ - 0.5 miles long (Above South Mineral Camp Ground)   National Parks Near Crater Lake: Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec - NM, 49 miles away Mesa Verde National Park, Mesa Verde National Park - CO, 53 miles away Yucca House National Monument, Mesa Verde National Park - CO, 53 miles away   Trails Near Crater Lake: Deer Park Trail, San Juan County, 7 miles away Whitehead Trail, San Juan County, 8 miles away Highline Trail, San Juan County, 8 miles away   Lakes Near Crater Lake: Andrews Lake, San Juan CountyCounty, 3 miles away Little Molas Lake, San Juan CountyCounty, 4 miles away