Sawmill Lakes
- Jun–Sep
- best months
Is Sawmill Lakes open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Bighorn National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Bighorn National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Sawmill Lakes is a lake near Sheridan, Wyoming, at about 8,178 feet. It is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
- Upper Sawmill LakeHiking0.4 mi
- West Fork Big Goose CreekCanoeing1.1 mi
- SawmillHiking2 mi
- Eastern Big HornsRock climbing2.3 mi
Ranger Creek CampgroundCampingPhoto: G Mack, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)4.2 mi- East Fork CampgroundCamping4.8 mi
- Lamburger RockRock climbing7.4 mi
- Big Goose CreekCanoeing10 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Mosier GulchRiver fishing · ~54 min drive
- Twin LakesLake fishing · ~3 min drive
- Tongue River Fishing SiteRiver fishing · ~29 min drive
- Dome Lake ReservoirLake fishing · ~4 min drive
- Tongue River Fishing EastRiver fishing · ~31 min drive
- Crescent LakeLake fishing · ~6 min drive
- Tongue River Fishing WestRiver fishing · ~31 min drive
- Heart LakeLake fishing · ~7 min drive
- Buffalo, WYRiver fishing · ~59 min drive
- Geddes LakeLake fishing · ~10 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Ranger Creek CampgroundCamping · ~7 min drivePhoto: G Mack, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Antelope ButteDownhill skiing · ~18 min drive
Prune CreekHiking · ~20 min drivePhoto: David Haile, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Steamboat PointRock climbing · ~23 min drivePhoto: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Sawmill Lakes
Best months: June–September. 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
30° / 8°
Feb
29° / 7°
Mar
35° / 13°
Apr
41° / 18°
May
50° / 28°
Jun
61° / 35°
Jul
71° / 42°
Aug
70° / 41°
Sep
61° / 33°
Oct
46° / 23°
Nov
36° / 15°
Dec
29° / 8°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Burgess Junction, WY, 15.2 mi away at 8,060 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
