James M. Robb - Colorado River State Park, Fruita Section
Campground
Campground · 0.2 mi from the trail
Colorado · Lake fishing · Fruita · Near Clifton
Snook's Bottom
- Apr–May, Sep–Oct
- best months
Clear at last check
Weather is good · usgs_nwis, OpenWeather · checked 17 h ago
Snook's Bottom is a 22-acre lake near Fruita, Colorado, at about 4,467 feet. It is managed by the state fish and wildlife agency.
Around this trail
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If it rainsJeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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Best time to visit Snook's Bottom
Best months: April–May 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
39° / 15°
5 wet
Feb
47° / 21°
5 wet
Mar
59° / 29°
6 wet
Apr
67° / 35°
5 wet
May
78° / 45°
5 wet
Jun
89° / 52°
3 wet
Jul
95° / 60°
4 wet
Aug
91° / 58°
5 wet
Sep
83° / 48°
5 wet
Oct
69° / 36°
5 wet
Nov
54° / 25°
5 wet
Dec
40° / 16°
5 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Fruita, CO, 1.1 mi away at 4,498 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
