Stratton Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, La Plata County, Colorado     User input for Stratton Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, La Plata County, Colorado: Be the first to submit input for Stratton Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines        This lake is so wonderful. Camping at Haviland Lake Campground is always a great experience; going for a hike on the Highline Trail is always a great adventure. Go for a hike on the Circle Trail, and a glorious spot for whitewater paddling is Canyon Creek. You can run the rapids of Animas River in the neighborhood of Stratton Lake, and Bell Canyon is a good place to spend some time. Stratton Lake is one of the lakes here in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains.       The amount of rain that falls at Stratton Lake is close to the national average; most of the rain falls during August, and June is the month with the least moisture. If you adore the outdoors you'll adore it here in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. Stratton Lake is great enough to spend more than a day at, Durango Koa Kampground is a great local campground, and close by you find the Goodhope Stock Driveway which is a good hiking trail. Playing golf is lots                  of fun at Dalton Ranch Golf Club, and skiing at Durango is one of those things you just should do. For the duration of the summertime months at Stratton Lake temperatures are generally in the 70's, and all through the night it cools down to the 30's. The wintertime brings highs down to the 30's while Stratton Lake overnight low temperatures throughout the wintertime are in the 0's. This lake is so wonderful. After a long day outdoors Lodge at Tamarron is a nice site to spend a night or two, and you'll meet a lot of people from Durango here. So many exciting things near Stratton Lake, definitely striking. A quick trip to Bear Creek close to Stratton Lake is a pleasant idea, and lakes are such peaceful places, why not go to Warner Reservoir Number 5. You'll in fact wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the enjoyable things in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. Dry warm beds await you at Purgatory Lodge by Durango Mountain Resorts, and why not visit Keeler Dam since you're here. Yep, outdoors cool stuff to do are beyond doubt plentiful here at Stratton Lake. There are other places here than Stratton Lake, for example Shalona Lake.   Lodge at Tamarron, Durango 2 miles away As of September 1st 2007, The Lodge at Tamarron has completed a million and a half dollar renovation to the common areas of the Lodge. The Lodge at Tamarron offers charming condominiums on a large res... Purgatory Lodge by Durango Mountain Resorts, Durango 8 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 Stratton Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, La Plata County, Colorado Local climate location: RICO 15 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 37.48417 Longitude: -107.7967 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 La Plata County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in La Plata County Books about Stratton Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Stratton Lake, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, La Plata 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 Stratton Lake. 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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 Stratton Lake.   Hotels Near Stratton Lake: Lodge at Tamarron, Durango, 2 miles away Purgatory Lodge by Durango Mountain Resorts, Durango, 8 miles away Cascade Village, Durango, 8 miles away Purgatory Village Condominium Hotel, Durango, 8 miles away Iron Horse Inn, Durango, 11 miles away   Camp Grounds Near Stratton Lake: Durango Koa Kampground, Durango, 2 miles away Haviland Lake Campground, La Plata County, 3 miles away Bear Creek Campground, La Plata County, 5 miles away Hermosa Meadows Camper Park, Durango, 5 miles away   Ski Areas Near Stratton Lake: Durango, Colorado, 20 miles away       2029 vertical feet Silverton, Colorado, 20 miles away       3000 vertical feet Kendall Mountain, Colorado, 20 miles away       400 vertical feet   Whitewater Near Stratton Lake: Animas River, San Juan/ La Plata CountyCounty, 2 miles away       Class IV-V - 2.6 miles long (Tacoma to Rockwood Rail Yard) Canyon Creek, La Plata CountyCounty, 3 miles away       Class V+ - 3 miles long (to Animas River) Hermosa Creek, La Plata CountyCounty, 6 miles away       Class IV-V - 24 miles long (Hermosa Park to US 550)   National Parks Near Stratton Lake: Mesa Verde National Park, Mesa Verde National Park - CO, 44 miles away Yucca House National Monument, Mesa Verde National Park - CO, 44 miles away Hovenweep National Monument, Cortez - CO, 66 miles away   Trails Near Stratton Lake: Goodhope Stock Driveway, La Plata County, 14 miles away Highline Trail, San Juan County, 14 miles away Circle Trail, Dolores County, 15 miles away   Golf Courses Near Stratton Lake: Dalton Ranch Golf Club, Durango, 6 miles away   Lakes Near Stratton Lake: Shalona Lake, La Plata CountyCounty, 0 miles away Warner Reservoir Number 5, La Plata CountyCounty, 1 miles away