Dome Lake Reservoir
- Jun–Sep
- best months
Is Dome Lake Reservoir 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.
Dome Lake Reservoir is a 23-acre lake near Big Horn, Wyoming, at about 8,708 feet.
- Coney CreekHiking1.2 mi
- Sawmill LakesHiking1.9 mi
- Upper Sawmill LakeHiking2 mi
- West Fork Big Goose CreekCanoeing2.1 mi
Ranger Creek CampgroundCampingPhoto: G Mack, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)3.8 mi- East Fork CampgroundCamping4.3 mi
- Eastern Big HornsRock climbing4.5 mi
- Lamburger RockRock climbing6.6 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Mosier GulchRiver fishing · ~51 min drive
- Twin LakesLake fishing · ~2 min drive
- Tongue River Fishing SiteRiver fishing · ~31 min drive
- Crescent LakeLake fishing · ~3 min drive
- Tongue River Fishing EastRiver fishing · ~33 min drive
- Heart LakeLake fishing · ~3 min drive
- Tongue River Fishing WestRiver fishing · ~34 min drive
- Sawmill LakesLake fishing · ~4 min drive
- Buffalo, WYRiver fishing · ~57 min drive
- Geddes LakeLake fishing · ~7 min drive
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Best time to visit Dome Lake Reservoir
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, 16.8 mi away at 8,060 ft. The station sits about 600 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.
