Blair Lake
- May–Sep
- best months
Blair Lake is a fishing lake in Idaho's Centennial Mountains Wilderness Study Area, managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The nearest town is Island Park, about 12 miles away. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from the nearby Lakeview, MT weather station show July and August highs around 77°F with lows in the low 40s, and that station sits roughly 1,400 feet below the lake, so temperatures on the lake run cooler. Nearby options include Mount Jefferson, about 3 miles off, and Sawtell Peak at about 6 miles. For more time on the water, Henrys Lake Boat Access is about 8 miles away, and Elk Lake Dispersed Site offers camping at a similar distance.
Local outfitters
- Jolley Camper Home36 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
Mount JeffersonSummitPhoto: Metrodyne, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)3.2 mi
Sawtell PeakSummitPhoto: DJ Cane, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)6.2 mi- Howard CreekHiking7.2 mi
- Elk Lake Dispersed SiteCamping7.9 mi
- Henrys Lake Boat AccessLake fishing8.3 mi
- Henry's Lake - Boat AccessBoat launch8.3 mi
- Sheridan CreekCanoeing9.5 mi
- MILL CREEK TRAIL BHiking9.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Old Faithful InnLake fishing · ~1h 4m drive
- Flat RockRiver fishing · ~21 min drive
- Henrys ForkRiver fishing · ~27 min drive
- Madison RiverRiver fishing · ~1h 21m drive
- Fisherman's PointPier fishing · ~35 min drive
- MacDonald PondLake fishing · ~13 min drive
- Windy Point Boat LaunchRiver fishing · ~48 min drive
- Henrys Lake Boat AccessLake fishing · ~14 min drive
- Storey Ditch Boat LaunchRiver fishing · ~1h 9m drive
- Henrys LakeLake fishing · ~17 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Mount JeffersonSummit · ~5 min drivePhoto: Metrodyne, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Henry's Lake - Boat AccessBoat launch · ~14 min drive
- Sheridan CreekCanoeing · ~16 min drive
- national forest development road 455 trailMountain biking · ~16 min drive
Coffee Pot RapidsHiking · ~19 min drivePhoto: James N Perdue, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Blair Lake
Best months: May–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
24° / 4°
Feb
27° / 5°
Mar
36° / 14°
Apr
47° / 24°
May
59° / 32°
Jun
67° / 38°
Jul
77° / 43°
Aug
77° / 41°
Sep
67° / 35°
Oct
51° / 25°
Nov
36° / 15°
Dec
24° / 5°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Lakeview, MT, 12.3 mi away at 6,710 ft. The station sits about 1,400 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
