Dipper Lake
Is Dipper 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.
Dipper Lake is a 26-acre lake near Encampment, Wyoming, at about 10,701 feet. It is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Local outfitters
- Deer Haven RV Park25 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
Heart Lake TrailHikingPhoto: Greg Younger, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)0.6 mi- Quealy Lake TrailHiking1.2 mi
Medicine Bow PeakSummitPhoto: Photomnt at English Wikipedia, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)1.5 mi
Medicine Bow Peak AreaRock climbingPhoto: cogdogblog, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)2 mi- West Lake MarieLake fishing2.5 mi
- Sugarloaf CampgroundCamping2.8 mi
- Snow Survey CabinCamping3.1 mi
- South Brush CreekCanoeing5.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Missouri LakesLake fishing · ~2 min drive
- Encampment RiverRiver fishing · ~43 min drive
- North Platte RiverRiver fishing · ~56 min drive
- Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger DistrictRiver fishing · ~42 min drive
- Lake 409Lake fishing · ~3 min drive
- Klondike LakeLake fishing · ~4 min drive
- West Lake MarieLake fishing · ~4 min drive
- Lewis LakeLake fishing · ~4 min drive
- East Banner LakeLake fishing · ~6 min drive
- Deep LakeLake fishing · ~7 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Dipper LakeHiking · Next doorPhoto: Greg Younger, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Medicine Bow PeakSummit · ~3 min drivePhoto: Photomnt at English Wikipedia, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Medicine Bow Peak AreaRock climbing · ~3 min drivePhoto: cogdogblog, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
Brooklyn Lake CampgroundCamping · ~9 min drivePhoto: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
