Upper Homestake Tailings Pond, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Mineral County, Colorado     User input for Upper Homestake Tailings Pond, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Mineral County, Colorado: Be the first to submit input for Upper Homestake Tailings Pond. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines        Upper Homestake Tailings Pond is a beautiful lake in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. And that's not all there is to do here in the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Upper Homestake Tailings Pond; La Garita Stock Driveway is a delightful local trail, and dry warm beds await you at Allington Inn and Suites. Upper Homestake Tailings Pond gets very little rain; August is the month that gets the most rain while February is the       month with the least amount of precipitation. So many fun things to do here at Upper Homestake Tailings Pond, too good to be true. Rio Grande is a glorious whitewater spot near Upper Homestake Tailings Pond; why not take a refreshing hike along the Wason Stock Driveway. During the summer, highs typically are in the 70's at Upper Homestake Tailings Pond. When the night sets in temperatures plunge down into the 40's. The wintertime brings highs down to the 30's,                  and after the sun is down through the winter temperatures at Upper Homestake Tailings Pond fall into the-10's. This lake is so wonderful. Camping at Antlers Rio Grande Lodge is always a magnificent experience, and Upper Homestake Tailings Pond is right by the McKenzie Stock Driveway. Just can't get enough of the San Juan and Jemez Mountains. Not far from Upper Homestake Tailings Pond you acquire some perfect water scenery at Upper Homestake Tailings Pond Dam, and a tremendous place for whitewater paddling is Rio Grande. This lake is so wonderful. You might want to pay a visit to Sawmill Gulch while you're here at Upper Homestake Tailings Pond; at Upper Homestake Tailings Pond you can see Bachelor Mountain. Some of the water nearby flows, like East Willow Creek, obviously you could also take a look at Broadacre Lake Reservoir if you're here; it's not far at all. A lake nearby is Lower Homestake Tailings Pond, and Upper Homestake Tailings Pond is delightful enough to spend more than a day at, Mountain Views RV Resort is a delightful local campground.   Allington Inn and Suites, South Fork 23 miles away Close enough for a quick getaway, but filled with enough excitement and adventure to pack an entire vacation. This mountain destination is wrapped in the majestic San Juan Mountains of Southern Colora... The Spruce Lodge, South Fork 24 miles away *** FREE CONTINENTAL BREAFKAST *** The Spruce Lodge in South Fork is a beautiful, newly restored, historic building that was erected in 1926 as a boarding house for sawmill workers at Galbreath Tie an... Current weather conditions at Upper Homestake Tailings Pond, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Mineral County, Colorado Local climate location: LAKE CITY 19 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 37.85833 Longitude: -106.9417 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 Mineral County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Mineral County Books about Upper Homestake Tailings Pond List of books available on Amazon.com about Upper Homestake Tailings Pond, San Juan and Jemez Mountains, Mineral 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 Upper Homestake Tailings Pond. 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 Upper Homestake Tailings Pond.   Hotels Near Upper Homestake Tailings Pond: Allington Inn and Suites, South Fork, 23 miles away The Spruce Lodge, South Fork, 24 miles away Holiday Inn Express PAGOSA SPRINGS, Pagosa Springs, 32 miles away OakRidge Lodge, Pagosa Springs, 33 miles away Whispering Pines Condominums, Pagosa Springs, 33 miles away   Camp Grounds Near Upper Homestake Tailings Pond: Mountain Views RV Resort, Creede, 1 miles away Antlers Rio Grande Lodge, Creede, 3 miles away Broadacres Traveling Teepee, Creede, 3 miles away Rio Grande Campground, Mineral County, 7 miles away   Whitewater Near Upper Homestake Tailings Pond: Rio Grande, Mineral/Rio Grande CountyCounty, 17 miles away       Class II - 12 miles long (Wagon Wheel Gap to South Fork) Rio Grande, Hinsdale CountyCounty, 18 miles away       Class III-IV - 8 miles long (Rio Grande Reservoir to 12 miles above Creede)   National Parks Near Upper Homestake Tailings Pond: Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park, Gunnison - CO, 40 miles away Curecanti National Recreation Area, Gunnison - CO, 40 miles away   Trails Near Upper Homestake Tailings Pond: La Garita Stock Driveway, Hinsdale County, 3 miles away Wason Stock Driveway, Saguache County, 4 miles away McKenzie Stock Driveway, Mineral County, 4 miles away   Lakes Near Upper Homestake Tailings Pond: Lower Homestake Tailings Pond, Mineral CountyCounty, 1 miles away Broadacre Lake Reservoir, Mineral CountyCounty, 3 miles away