Twin Lakes
- Jun–Sep
- best months
Is Twin Lakes open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Bighorn National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Bighorn National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Twin Lakes is a 28-acre pond near Sheridan, Wyoming, at about 8,602 feet. It is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
- Coney CreekHiking0.6 mi
- Upper Sawmill LakeHiking1.3 mi
- Sawmill LakesHiking1.4 mi
- West Fork Big Goose CreekCanoeing2.1 mi
- Eastern Big HornsRock climbing3.8 mi
Ranger Creek CampgroundCampingPhoto: G Mack, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)4.6 mi- East Fork CampgroundCamping5.1 mi
- Lamburger RockRock climbing7.5 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Mosier GulchRiver fishing · ~53 min drive
- Dome Lake ReservoirLake fishing · ~2 min drive
- Tongue River Fishing SiteRiver fishing · ~29 min drive
- Sawmill LakesLake fishing · ~3 min drive
- Tongue River Fishing EastRiver fishing · ~31 min drive
- Crescent LakeLake fishing · ~4 min drive
- Tongue River Fishing WestRiver fishing · ~32 min drive
- Heart LakeLake fishing · ~5 min drive
- Buffalo, WYRiver fishing · ~59 min drive
- Geddes LakeLake fishing · ~8 min drive
Also worth it near here
Ranger Creek CampgroundCamping · ~8 min drivePhoto: G Mack, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Antelope ButteDownhill skiing · ~17 min drive
Prune CreekHiking · ~21 min drivePhoto: David Haile, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Steamboat PointRock climbing · ~25 min drivePhoto: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Twin Lakes
Best months: June–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
30° / 8°
Feb
29° / 7°
Mar
35° / 13°
Apr
41° / 18°
May
50° / 28°
Jun
61° / 35°
Jul
71° / 42°
Aug
70° / 41°
Sep
61° / 33°
Oct
46° / 23°
Nov
36° / 15°
Dec
29° / 8°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Burgess Junction, WY, 15.8 mi away at 8,060 ft. The station sits about 500 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.