Engineer Lake
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- best months
Engineer Lake is a 10-acre lake near Commerce City, Colorado, at about 5,087 feet.
Local outfitters
- Golden River Sports16 mi away
- Wildcat Mountaineering32 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
Rotella Park pathHikingPhoto: Ishrona from Denver, Colorado, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)1.4 mi
Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Perimeter TrailHikingPhoto: Jesse James — CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)2.4 mi- WikiupCamping2.7 mi
- Denver Metropolitan Area Bouldering and BuilderingRock climbing4 mi
- Rocky Mountain Lake ParkState park5.5 mi
- City ParkState park5.6 mi
- Central Park Bouldering AreaRock climbing5.8 mi
- Private OwnerCamping8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Thornton Gravel Lake #2Lake fishing · ~2 min drive
- Jayhawker #1Lake fishing · ~2 min drive
- Kalcevic ReservoirLake fishing · ~5 min drive
- Gordon LakeLake fishing · ~7 min drive
- Adams County Fishing Pond EastLake fishing · ~8 min drive
- Croke ReservoirLake fishing · ~9 min drive
- Reservoir FLake fishing · ~9 min drive
- Jim Baker ReservoirLake fishing · ~9 min drive
- Mayham LakeLake fishing · ~9 min drive
- Rocky Mountain LakeLake fishing · ~9 min drive
Also worth it near here
Rotella Park pathHiking · ~2 min drivePhoto: Ishrona from Denver, Colorado, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- WikiupCamping · ~5 min drive
- Denver Metropolitan Area Bouldering and BuilderingRock climbing · ~7 min drive
- Auraria campus and Colorado University-Denver buildingsMountain biking · ~11 min drive
Best time to visit Engineer Lake
Best months: April–June and September–October. 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
46° / 18°
5 wet
Feb
48° / 19°
5 wet
Mar
56° / 27°
7 wet
Apr
63° / 34°
8 wet
May
72° / 43°
10 wet
Jun
84° / 53°
9 wet
Jul
90° / 59°
9 wet
Aug
88° / 57°
9 wet
Sep
80° / 48°
6 wet
Oct
67° / 36°
6 wet
Nov
55° / 26°
5 wet
Dec
46° / 18°
5 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Denver-Stapleton, CO, 6.1 mi away at 5,286 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.