Spectacle Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Conejos County, Colorado

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     This lake is so wonderful. A quick visit to North Fork Rough Creek right next door to Spectacle Lake is a great idea. Spectacle Lake is a wonderful location to visit for more than one day, Spectacle Lake Campground is a wonderful location to camp nearby, and at Spectacle Lake you can distinguish Black Mountain. All year is a good time in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains if you love the outdoors. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Spectacle Lake  
   has to offer, you can camp at Conejos Campground, and get yourself into a kayak and hit Conejos River.
Spectacle Lake is a wet place that gets a lot of rain; the month with most of the snow is March; the driest of the months is June. If only every spot had this much outdoors enjoyable things, what a great planet it would be. If you need a place to stay Branding Iron Motel is a magnificent choice, and going for a hike on the Ruybalid Trail is always a perfect
 
               adventure. Life's too short to enjoy all the fun things in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. Since you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always pop by close by Los Flores Lake, and there is a delightful hiking trail close by called the Notch Trail.
Best Western Movie Manor is a good spot to get some rest, and on a fine day you can take a hike along the Conejos Stock Driveway. At Spectacle Lake during the summer months highs are in the 60's with night lows in the 40's. For the period of the wintertime this place gets highs in the 30's while the cold winter nights at Spectacle Lake are in the 0's. This lake is located in the wonderful San Juan and Jemez Mountains.
This lake is so wonderful. Not far from Spectacle Lake, you'll discover Lily Lake which is a pretty lake; there are some nice whitewater spots on Rio de los Pinos.

 
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Current weather conditions at Spectacle Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Conejos County, Colorado
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Local climate location: WOLF CREEK PASS 6 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 37.16917
Longitude: -106.4389

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These outdoors activities are available near Spectacle Lake.
 Hotels Near Spectacle Lake:
Branding Iron Motel, Chama, 18 miles away
Best Western Movie Manor, Monte Vista, 28 miles away
Narrow Gauge RR Inn, Antonito, 30 miles away
Budget Host Monte Villa Inn Monte Vista, Monte Vista, 30 miles away
The Spruce Lodge, South Fork, 31 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Spectacle Lake:
Spectacle Lake Campground, Conejos County, 0 miles away
Conejos Campground, Conejos County, 0 miles away
Trujillo Meadows Campground, Conejos County, 7 miles away
Ponderosa Campground, Antonito, 8 miles away
 Whitewater Near Spectacle Lake:
Conejos River, Conejos CountyCounty, 6 miles away
      Class II-IV - 6.4 miles long (Platoro Reservoir to South Fork Conejos)
Rio de los Pinos, -blank- CountyCounty, 14 miles away
      Class V+ - 8.8 miles long (Osier Colorado to Campground Close to San Miguel New Mexico)
Rio Brazos, Rio Arriba Co. CountyCounty, 20 miles away
      Class V+ - 14.5 miles long (above Corkins Lodge)
 National Parks Near Spectacle Lake:
Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Mosca - CO, 58 miles away
 Trails Near Spectacle Lake:
Conejos Stock Driveway, Conejos County, 1 miles away
Notch Trail, Conejos County, 2 miles away
Ruybalid Trail, Conejos County, 3 miles away
 Lakes Near Spectacle Lake:
Los Flores Lake, Conejos CountyCounty, 2 miles away
Lily Lake, Conejos CountyCounty, 2 miles away

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