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Twin Lake is a nice lake to visit. This lake is so wonderful. Don’t forget to take a look at Cottonwood Basin while you're here at Twin Lake, and the scenery at Twin Lakes Dam is picturesque. All the outdoors exciting things in the Uncompahgre Plateau Mountains will keep you coming back time and again. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Twin Lake; Cottonwood Trail is a great local trail, of course you could also have a look at Middle Monitor Reservoir since
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| | you're here; it's not far at all. Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the Uncompahgre Plateau Mountains. Twin Lake is right by the Moore Mesa Trail, and a lake close by is Big Monitor Reservoir Number 1.
Camping at Smokehouse Campground is always a good experience, and there are some splendid whitewater spots on Escalante Creek. Camping is available at T Bone Spring Campground, and whitewater paddling is not for everyone but if it's for you then, we recommend San | |
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Miguel River. Life's too short to enjoy all the amusing things close to Twin Lake. A great nearby hotel is Best Western Sundance, and you'll meet a lot of folks from Montrose here.
This lake is so wonderful. The Monitor Mesa Trail
offers hiking at its best. Twin Lake is a beautiful lake in the Uncompahgre Plateau Mountains. Twin Lake gets very little rainfall; the month with most of the rain is August while June is the month with the least amount of precipitation.
Through the months of summer highs here at Twin Lake reach the 90's. For the duration of the dark hours of summer temperatures plunge down into the 60's. Daytime highs during the wintertime are in the 40's with winter lows in the 10's overnight here at Twin Lake.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 38.52444
Longitude: -108.3506
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| These outdoors activities are available near Twin Lake. |
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| | Whitewater Near Twin Lake:
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Escalante Creek, Gunnison CountyCounty, 8 miles away
Class V - 6.5 miles long (Escalante Forks to Captain Smith's Cabin) |
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San Miguel River, San Miguel/ Montrose CountyCounty, 15 miles away
Class III - 5.2 miles long (BB 36 Road to Green Truss Bridge) |
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San Miguel River, San Miguel/ Montrose CountyCounty, 18 miles away
Class III - 16 miles long (Norwood Bridge to Green Truss Bridge) |
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22 miles away
23 miles away
