Half Moon Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Hinsdale County, Colorado     User input for Half Moon Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Hinsdale County, Colorado: Be the first to submit input for Half Moon Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines        If you go for the outdoors you'll go for it here in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. The best way to spend a winter day is on the slopes of nearby Silverton, and get yourself into a kayak and hit Vallecito Creek. This spot, the San Juan and Jemez Mountains, has so much outdoors cool things. Half Moon Lake is a splendid place to visit for more than one day, Vallecito Campground is a splendid place to camp nearby, and the snow is tremendous at Kendall Mountain.       Hiking is a popular thing to do around Half Moon Lake; Pine-Piedra Stock Driveway is a glorious local trail, and Buffalo Peak is simple to spot from Half Moon Lake. This lake is so wonderful. You'll find a beautiful lake called Rock Lake near Half Moon Lake. Throughout the long summer days at Half Moon Lake temperatures are mostly in the 70's. Summer night lows drop down to the 40's. The wintertime comes with highs in the 30's; night lows during the wintertime                  for Half Moon Lake tend to be in the 0's. Good hiking is available along the Deer Park Trail; do stop at Lake Mary Alice, it's a wonderful lake. This place, Half Moon Lake, it definitely has so much outdoors enjoyable stuff. Don't leave Half Moon Lake without first going for a hike along the Whitehead Trail; there are some wonderful whitewater spots on Animas River. Half Moon Lake is located in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. At Half Moon Lake you don’t see much rainfall; the wettest month of the year is generally August, that's the one that rains the most; June on the other hand is the driest. This lake is so wonderful. Dry warm beds await you at Purgatory Village Condominium Hotel, and you can stay the night at Pine River Campground.   Purgatory Village Condominium Hotel, Durango 23 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 24 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 Half Moon Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Hinsdale County, Colorado Local climate location: TELLURIDE 2 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 37.60944 Longitude: -107.4728 San Juan and Jemez Mountains Lakes Complete list of all the lakes in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. 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Colorado Outdoors Index This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of Colorado.     These outdoors activities are available near Half Moon Lake.   Hotels Near Half Moon Lake: Purgatory Village Condominium Hotel, Durango, 23 miles away Purgatory Lodge by Durango Mountain Resorts, Durango, 24 miles away Cascade Village, Durango, 24 miles away Lodge at Tamarron, Durango, 24 miles away Best Western Twin Peaks Lodge & Hot Springs, Ouray, 26 miles away   Camp Grounds Near Half Moon Lake: Vallecito Campground, La Plata County, 9 miles away Pine River Campground, La Plata County, 9 miles away Blue Spruce Trailer Park, Bayfield, 10 miles away Middle Mountain Campground, La Plata County, 12 miles away   Ski Areas Near Half Moon Lake: Silverton, Colorado, 17 miles away       3000 vertical feet Kendall Mountain, Colorado, 17 miles away       400 vertical feet   Whitewater Near Half Moon Lake: Vallecito Creek, La Plata CountyCounty, 7 miles away       Class V+ - 1 miles long (1 mile above Vallecito Campground) Animas River, San Juan/ La Plata CountyCounty, 18 miles away       Class IV-V - 24.2 miles long (Silverton to Tacoma) Mineral Creek - South, -blank- CountyCounty, 19 miles away       Class V+ - 0.5 miles long (Above South Mineral Camp Ground)   National Parks Near Half Moon Lake: Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec - NM, 55 miles away Mesa Verde National Park, Mesa Verde National Park - CO, 68 miles away Yucca House National Monument, Mesa Verde National Park - CO, 68 miles away   Trails Near Half Moon Lake: Whitehead Trail, San Juan County, 13 miles away Deer Park Trail, San Juan County, 15 miles away Pine-Piedra Stock Driveway, Hinsdale County, 19 miles away   Lakes Near Half Moon Lake: Rock Lake, Hinsdale CountyCounty, 0 miles away Lake Mary Alice, La Plata CountyCounty, 1 miles away