Scout Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, San Juan County, Colorado     Custom Search User input for Scout Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, San Juan County, Colorado: Be the first to submit input for Scout Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines        Scout Lake is always a pleasure to visit. This lake is located in the wonderful San Juan and Jemez Mountains. Stay the night at Purgatory Campground, and don't leave Scout Lake without first going for a hike along the Highline Trail. It is very dry here at Scout Lake commonly; August is the wettest month with most rain; the driest month of the year is June. If you want a perfect time in the great outdoors just come on up to the San Juan and Jemez Mountains.       Lime Creek is a great local stream, and the snow is glorious at Kendall Mountain. This lake is so wonderful. There's perfect hiking along the Deer Park Trail, and why not head up to Silverton and strap some skis to your feet. Purgatory Flat is a charming site any time of year; dry warm beds await you at Purgatory Village Condominium Hotel. Yep, outdoors amusing stuff truly is plentiful here in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. This is a tremendous vicinity for                  people who like lakes. Potato Lake is a lake close at hand, and whitewater paddling is fine on Animas River. This lake is so wonderful. Scout Lake is a brilliant site to visit for more than one day, Lime Creek Campground is a brilliant site to camp nearby; if you need a location to stay Purgatory Lodge by Durango Mountain Resorts is a glorious choice. Life's too short to enjoy all the enjoyable things right next door to Scout Lake. Get drenched paddling on Lime Creek. Lakes are perfect; Boyce Lake is a lake that's in the neighborhood of Scout Lake. What a place this is for outdoors people. Good hiking is available along the Circle Trail; here at Scout Lake you can catch a sight of Potato Hill. At Scout Lake during the summer months highs are in the 70's with night lows in the 40's. For the period of the winter highs are in the 30's with winter lows in the 0's overnight here at Scout Lake.   Purgatory Village Condominium Hotel, Durango 3 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 3 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 Scout Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, San Juan County, Colorado Local climate location: TELLURIDE 20 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 37.64778 Longitude: -107.7711 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 Scout Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Scout 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 Scout 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 Scout Lake.   Hotels Near Scout Lake: Purgatory Village Condominium Hotel, Durango, 3 miles away Purgatory Lodge by Durango Mountain Resorts, Durango, 3 miles away Purgatory Village Condominium Hotel, Silverton, 3 miles away Cascade Village, Durango, 3 miles away Cascade Village, Durango, 4 miles away   Camp Grounds Near Scout Lake: Lime Creek Campground, San Juan County, 2 miles away Purgatory Campground, La Plata County, 3 miles away Haviland Lake Campground, La Plata County, 7 miles away Sig Creek Campground, La Plata County, 8 miles away   Ski Areas Near Scout Lake: Silverton, Colorado, 12 miles away       3000 vertical feet Kendall Mountain, Colorado, 12 miles away       400 vertical feet Telluride, Colorado, 16 miles away       3530 vertical feet   Whitewater Near Scout Lake: Animas River, San Juan/ La Plata CountyCounty, 3 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) Canyon Creek, La Plata CountyCounty, 7 miles away       Class V+ - 3 miles long (to Animas River)   National Parks Near Scout Lake: Mesa Verde National Park, Mesa Verde National Park - CO, 49 miles away Yucca House National Monument, Mesa Verde National Park - CO, 49 miles away Hovenweep National Monument, Cortez - CO, 69 miles away   Trails Near Scout Lake: Highline Trail, San Juan County, 6 miles away Circle Trail, Dolores County, 10 miles away Deer Park Trail, San Juan County, 11 miles away   Lakes Near Scout Lake: Potato Lake, San Juan CountyCounty, 1 miles away Boyce Lake, San Juan CountyCounty, 2 miles away