Upper Hancock Lake, Sawatch Range, Chaffee County, Colorado

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    Upper Hancock Lake is a great lake in an area with lots of outdoors fun all around. If you need a place to stay Best Western Vista Inn is a delightful choice, and you can go for a hike on the Coyote Park Trail. If you like skiing, you're in luck; Monarch is in close proximity to Upper Hancock Lake. There's no way somebody can get bored here in the Sawatch Range. Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park is one of the destinations in close proximity to Upper  
   Hancock Lake that are great to go to, and going for a hike on the Pitkin Stock Driveway is always a pleasant adventure.
This lake is so wonderful. North Fork Dam is a site that is near Upper Hancock Lake, and dry warm beds await you at Buena Vista Super 8 Motel. Yep, outdoors cool stuff truly is bountiful here in the Sawatch Range. If you're here, you might as well visit Chalk Creek Pass; a magnificent place to camp here at Upper Hancock Lake is Middle Quartz
 
               Campground. Upper Hancock Lake is located in the Sawatch Range.
This lake is so wonderful. The top of Brittle Silver Mountain is easily seen from Upper Hancock Lake, and there is a perfect hiking trail nearby called the Fooses Creek Trail. This place, Upper Hancock Lake, it clearly has so much outdoors entertaining stuff. Upper Hancock Lake is magnificent enough to spend more than a day at, Garfield Campground is a magnificent local campground; since you're here at Upper Hancock Lake it's a nice idea to take a look at Brittle Silver Basin. High temperatures at Upper Hancock Lake during the summer months are in the 70's, and through the night it cools down to the 30's. The cold days of the winter come with highs in the 20's, and night lows throughout the winter for Upper Hancock Lake tend to be in the-20's.
A lake nearby is Billings Lake; whitewater paddling is not for everybody but if it's for you then, we recommend Arkansas River. Not much rain falls here at Upper Hancock Lake; during August this area sees the most rain; the driest month is June.

 
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Current weather conditions at Upper Hancock Lake, Sawatch Range, Chaffee County, Colorado
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Local climate location: TAYLOR PARK 6 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 38.60972
Longitude: -106.3533

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These outdoors activities are available near Upper Hancock Lake.
 Hotels Near Upper Hancock Lake:
Buena Vista Super 8 Motel, Buena Vista, 20 miles away
Best Western Vista Inn, Buena Vista, 20 miles away
Holiday Inn Express Salida, Co, Salida, 24 miles away
Aspen Leaf Lodge, Salida, 24 miles away
Salida Travelodge, Salida, 24 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Upper Hancock Lake:
Garfield Campground, Chaffee County, 5 miles away
Middle Quartz Campground, Gunnison County, 5 miles away
Monarch Park Campground, Chaffee County, 5 miles away
Snowblind Campground, Gunnison County, 6 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Upper Hancock Lake:
Monarch, Colorado, 5 miles away
      1171 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Upper Hancock Lake:
Arkansas River, Chaffee CountyCounty, 19 miles away
      Class III - 13 miles long (Fork Fisherman's Bridge access to Stone Bridge access)
 National Parks Near Upper Hancock Lake:
Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park, Gunnison - CO, 20 miles away
Curecanti National Recreation Area, Gunnison - CO, 20 miles away
Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Mosca - CO, 69 miles away
 Trails Near Upper Hancock Lake:
Fooses Creek Trail, Chaffee County, 8 miles away
Pitkin Stock Driveway, Gunnison County, 10 miles away
Coyote Park Trail, Gunnison County, 10 miles away
 Lakes Near Upper Hancock Lake:
Billings Lake, Chaffee CountyCounty, 2 miles away

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