Deep Lake
Is Deep Lake open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists 3 alerts for Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest.
Access Impact: Big Creek Lakes Dam Project
Agency alert covering Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · USFS · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
Trail & Access Impact: Stillwater Reservoir Project
Agency alert covering Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · USFS · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
Snowy Range - 2026 Active Vegetation Operations
Agency alert covering Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · USFS · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Deep Lake is a 25-acre lake near McFadden, Wyoming, at about 10,500 feet. It is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Local outfitters
- Deer Haven RV Park27 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Shelf Lakes TrailHiking1.9 mi
- Lost-Glacier LakesHiking2.8 mi
Brooklyn Lake CampgroundCampingPhoto: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)2.9 mi
Medicine Bow PeakSummitPhoto: Photomnt at English Wikipedia, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)3.3 mi- Sugarloaf CampgroundCamping3.4 mi
Medicine Bow Peak AreaRock climbingPhoto: cogdogblog, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)4.7 mi- West Lake MarieLake fishing5.3 mi
- North Brush CreekCanoeing8.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Jeff LakeLake fishing · ~2 min drive
- Encampment RiverRiver fishing · ~49 min drive
- North Platte RiverRiver fishing · ~1h drive
- Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger DistrictRiver fishing · ~46 min drive
- Telephone LakesLake fishing · ~5 min drive
- North Twin LakesLake fishing · ~5 min drive
- Klondike LakeLake fishing · ~5 min drive
- Lewis LakeLake fishing · ~5 min drive
- East Banner LakeLake fishing · ~6 min drive
- Dipper LakeLake fishing · ~7 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Brooklyn Lake CampgroundCamping · ~5 min drivePhoto: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Medicine Bow PeakSummit · ~6 min drivePhoto: Photomnt at English Wikipedia, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Little Brooklyn Guard StationHut camping · ~6 min drive
Heart Lake TrailHiking · ~6 min drivePhoto: Greg Younger, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
