Bailey Lakes
Is Bailey Lakes open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists 6 alerts for White River National Forest.
FSR 286, Radical Hill, is closed due to washouts and unsafe conditions
Agency alert covering White River National Forest · USFS · White River National Forest
Limited parking at Snowmass Creek Trailhead
Agency alert covering White River National Forest · USFS · White River National Forest
Grizzly Creek Trail Closure
Agency alert covering White River National Forest · Order 2026-02 · USFS · White River National Forest
Ruedi Marina Day Use area Dump Station is CLOSED
Agency alert covering White River National Forest · USFS · White River National Forest
Asbestos safety closure - Camp Hale
Agency alert covering White River National Forest · USFS · White River National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · White River National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Bailey Lakes is a 7-acre lake near Gypsum, Colorado, at about 10,786 feet. It is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Local outfitters
- Flat Tops Wilderness Guides13 mi away
- Rancho Del Rio27 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Keener LakeHiking0.9 mi
- Hooper LakeHiking1.1 mi
- Island LakesLake fishing1.6 mi
Flat Top MountainSummitPhoto: John Holm from Leadville, CO, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)1.8 mi- Cold Springs CampgroundCamping3 mi
- Horseshoe CampgroundCamping3.1 mi
- Yamcolo Reservoir Boat RampBoat launch4.7 mi
- Bessies FallsWaterfall9.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Bailey LakesLake fishing · ~2 min drive
- Horse Pasture SiteRiver fishing · ~41 min drive
- Hooper LakeLake fishing · ~5 min drive
- Big FishRiver fishing · ~17 min drive
- Mosquito LakeLake fishing · ~5 min drive
- Cross CreekRiver fishing · ~24 min drive
- Mud Mandall LakeLake fishing · ~7 min drive
- Benton LakeLake fishing · ~7 min drive
- Island LakeLake fishing · ~10 min drive
- Deer LakeLake fishing · ~10 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Flat Top MountainSummit · ~3 min drivePhoto: John Holm from Leadville, CO, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Smith LakeHiking · ~5 min drivePhoto: Jim Morefield, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- Horseshoe CampgroundCamping · ~5 min drive
Skinny Fish LakeMountain biking · ~12 min drivePhoto: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
