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| | Middle Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Archuleta County, Colorado |
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Middle Lake is a wet spot that gets a good deal of rain; the month with most of the snow is March, and the driest of the months is June. Summertime at Middle Lake arrives with high temperatures in the 60's. For the duration of the dark hours of summer temperatures plunge down into the 40's. For the duration of the winter highs are in the 30's while Middle Lake overnight low temperatures during the winter are in the 0's. Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the
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| | San Juan and Jemez Mountains. Going for a hike along the Red Lake Trail will let you absorb the natural beauty of this vicinity, and Best Western Jicarilla Inn & Casino is a great place to get some rest. This lake is one of the great places here in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. Hiking along the Elk Creek Trail is wonderful fun, and a fine nearby hotel is Branding Iron Motel. You feel that's enough? Just getting warmed up. Whitewater paddling is good | |
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on Rio Chama, as expected you could also explore Lower Lake while you're here; it's not far at all. This lake is so wonderful. Paddling on Conejos River is so much fun, and if you came to camp Trujillo Meadows Campground is a
great place to do that. A lake close by is Cox Lakes. There's so much to do here at Middle Lake that you need to camp here for a while, El Vado Lake Camping Resort is a fine spot for that. All the outdoors enjoyable things in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains will keep you coming back repeatedly. Take a hike on the La Manga Stock Driveway.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 37.0275 Longitude: -106.525
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| These outdoors activities are available near Middle Lake. |
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Rio Chama, Rio Arriba CountyCounty, 13 miles away Class I-II - 15 miles long (Chama to Los Ojos) |
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Conejos River, Conejos CountyCounty, 14 miles away Class II-IV - 6.4 miles long (Platoro Reservoir to South Fork Conejos) |
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Rio Brazos, Rio Arriba Co. CountyCounty, 14 miles away Class V+ - 14.5 miles long (above Corkins Lodge) |
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Cox Lakes, Archuleta CountyCounty, 0 miles away |
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| MORE STUFF NEARBY:
Trujillo Meadows Campground
 | ...ver which starts in the Colorado San Juans and flows through New Mexico into the Rio Grande in Espan... |
Red Lake Trail
 | 1 PHOTO Gorgeous trail... |
Sky Mountain Resort
 | 4 PHOTOS RV Hookups, Pets OK, Fires OK, Nearby Grocery... RV sites 1... |
Ruybalid Trail
 | Rough Creek Falls is well worth the trip; near Ruybalid Trail.... |
Little Creel Resort
 | ... Hookups, Pets OK, Fires OK, Nearby Grocery, Showers, Laundry, Nearby Restaurant(s), Nearby Attracti... |
Spruce Hole Trail
 | 11 miles away ... exit off of the main road. It is very lovely through this piece of wilderness. Lots of healthy pine... |
Bear Lake Trail
 | 13 miles away ...ly a disappointment! I'd heard it had good fishing, but after puffing up a long, steep, and confusin... |
Rio Brazos
 | 13 miles away ...you through at least one mandatory portage on private property with a less-than-content owner. It's... |
Opal Lake
 | 18 miles away ...ake. It is not near any campgrounds, and it's over 25 miles to town, not 18. It gets way colder than... |
Stunner Campground
 | 19 miles away 2 PHOTOS At Stunner Campgrouinc in September... Stunner Campground... |
Bandelier National Monument
 | 66 miles away It's not in the San Juan Mountains.... |
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