Kite Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, San Juan County, Colorado

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     Yep, outdoors exciting things truly is abundant here in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. Kite Lake is a magnificent spot to visit for more than one day, Silverton Lakes Campground is a magnificent spot to camp nearby; Vallecito Lake is a nearby lake that you could visit. What would winter be without some skiing at Kendall Mountain, and don't leave Kite Lake without first going for a hike along the Deer Park Trail. This is no place for people who don’t like  
   to enjoy themselves. A lake nearby is Eldorado Lake; hey, Gotta ski right? Silverton is a pleasant place to do that.
If you want a pleasant time in the great outdoors just come on up to the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. After a long day outdoors St.Elmo Hotel is a fine location to spend a night or two, and obviously Nebo Creek is a picturesque stream that is worth going to. Go for a hike on the Whitehead Trail; Silver Summit RV Park And Jeep Rentals is
 
               a pleasant local campground. Get yourself into a kayak and hit Vallecito Creek, and one of the principal marks of the surroundings of Kite Lake is Hunchback Mountain.
This lake is so wonderful. There's magnificent hiking along the Brooklyn Trail, and a perfect nearby hotel is Best Western Twin Peaks Lodge & Hot Springs. This lake is so wonderful. There are some pleasant whitewater spots on Mineral Creek - South, and Hunchback Pass is a great place to spend some time. This lake is one of the great places here in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains.
If you have a thing about the outdoors, you'll go for Kite Lake. During the months of summer at Kite Lake highs are regularly in the 70's. During the moonlight hours it's usually in the 40's. The winter brings highs down to the 30's; after the sun is down throughout the wintertime temperatures at Kite Lake sink into the 0's. Kite Lake gets very little precipitation; during the month of August you get the most rain around here, and the driest month of the year is June.

 
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Current weather conditions at Kite Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, San Juan County, Colorado
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Local climate location: TELLURIDE 8 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 37.71139
Longitude: -107.5258

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 Hotels Near Kite Lake:
Best Western Twin Peaks Lodge & Hot Springs, Ouray, 20 miles away
St.Elmo Hotel, Ouray, 20 miles away
Comfort Inn Ouray, Ouray, 20 miles away
Ouray Chalet Inn, Ouray, 20 miles away
Purgatory Village Condominium Hotel, Durango, 20 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Kite Lake:
Silver Summit RV Park And Jeep Rentals, Silverton, 11 miles away
Silverton Lakes Campground, Silverton, 11 miles away
Red Mountain Motel and RV Park, Silverton, 11 miles away
Molas Lake Park, Silverton, 12 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Kite Lake:
Silverton, Colorado, 11 miles away
      3000 vertical feet
Kendall Mountain, Colorado, 11 miles away
      400 vertical feet
Telluride, Colorado, 25 miles away
      3530 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Kite Lake:
Vallecito Creek, La Plata CountyCounty, 11 miles away
      Class V+ - 1 miles long (1 mile above Vallecito Campground)
Mineral Creek - South, -blank- CountyCounty, 13 miles away
      Class V+ - 0.5 miles long (Above South Mineral Camp Ground)
Animas River, San Juan/ La Plata CountyCounty, 14 miles away
      Class IV-V - 24.2 miles long (Silverton to Tacoma)
 National Parks Near Kite Lake:
Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec - NM, 57 miles away
Mesa Verde National Park, Mesa Verde National Park - CO, 66 miles away
Yucca House National Monument, Mesa Verde National Park - CO, 66 miles away
 Trails Near Kite Lake:
Whitehead Trail, San Juan County, 7 miles away
Deer Park Trail, San Juan County, 9 miles away
Brooklyn Trail, San Juan County, 15 miles away
 Lakes Near Kite Lake:
Vallecito Lake, San Juan CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Eldorado Lake, San Juan CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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