Big Water
- Apr–May, Sep–Oct
- best months
Big Water is a 6,003-acre lake near Fallon, Nevada, at about 3,872 feet. It is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Pintail BayLake fishing · ~5 min drive
- Dry LakeLake fishing · ~14 min drive
- Foxtail LakeLake fishing · ~15 min drive
- Boney PondLake fishing · ~16 min drive
- Big Cottonwood LakeLake fishing · ~23 min drive
- Vaughn LakeLake fishing · ~27 min drive
- Papoose LakeLake fishing · ~28 min drive
- Upper LakeLake fishing · ~30 min drive
- Harmon ResevoirLake fishing · ~35 min drive
- Toulon LakeLake fishing · ~39 min drive
Also worth it near here
Carson RiverCanoeing · ~29 min drivePhoto: Skooiman at English Wikipedia, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
Topog PeakSummit · ~34 min drivePhoto: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Lovelock Caves TrailHiking · ~36 min drivePhoto: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- Western NevadaRock climbing · ~37 min drive
Best time to visit Big Water
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
47° / 22°
6 wet
Feb
53° / 25°
5 wet
Mar
61° / 31°
4 wet
Apr
67° / 35°
4 wet
May
76° / 44°
5 wet
Jun
87° / 51°
3 wet
Jul
96° / 58°
2 wet
Aug
94° / 55°
1 wet
Sep
85° / 48°
2 wet
Oct
71° / 36°
3 wet
Nov
56° / 26°
4 wet
Dec
46° / 20°
5 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Fallon Naas, NV, 25.7 mi away at 3,934 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
