Mosquito Lake
Is Mosquito Lake open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists 3 alerts for Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest.
Access Impact: Big Creek Lakes Dam Project
Agency alert covering Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · USFS · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
Trail & Access Impact: Stillwater Reservoir Project
Agency alert covering Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · USFS · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
Snowy Range - 2026 Active Vegetation Operations
Agency alert covering Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · USFS · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Mosquito Lake is a 9-acre lake near Gypsum, Colorado, at about 10,623 feet. It is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Local outfitters
- Flat Tops Wilderness Guides13 mi away
- Rancho Del Rio30 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Bear RiverHiking0.8 mi
- Devils CausewayHiking1.6 mi
- Cold Springs CampgroundCamping2.4 mi
- Horseshoe CampgroundCamping2.9 mi
Flat Top MountainSummitPhoto: John Holm from Leadville, CO, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)3.7 mi- Bailey LakesLake fishing4 mi
- Island LakesLake fishing4.4 mi
- Bessies FallsWaterfall6.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Bailey LakesLake fishing · ~5 min drive
- Horse Pasture SiteRiver fishing · ~45 min drive
- Mud Mandall LakeLake fishing · ~6 min drive
- Big FishRiver fishing · ~11 min drive
- Bailey LakesLake fishing · ~7 min drive
- Cross CreekRiver fishing · ~25 min drive
- Long LakeLake fishing · ~8 min drive
- Lake Of The WoodsLake fishing · ~9 min drive
- Deer LakeLake fishing · ~9 min drive
- East Lost LakeLake fishing · ~9 min drive
Also worth it near here
Smith LakeHiking · ~5 min drivePhoto: Jim Morefield, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- Horseshoe CampgroundCamping · ~5 min drive
- Flat Top MountainSummit · ~6 min drivePhoto: John Holm from Leadville, CO, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Skinny Fish LakeMountain biking · ~7 min drivePhoto: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
