CountiesEagle County
ColoradoReservoirEagle County
Carter Lake
Carter Lake covers about 1,110 acres in Colorado. You will find it in Eagle County. Larimer County Natural Resources manages it.
Coordinates39.3724, -106.5425
Surface area1,110 acres
Managed byLarimer County Natural Resources
Swimming beaches on Carter Lake
No named swimming beach is mapped yet for this lake. Access is through agency day-use areas and boat ramps listed below. We add beach pages only when we can confirm a name, coordinates and an operating agency.
Carter Lake on the map
Lake center, swimming spots and access points.
Weather and water temperature
Air temperature and wind from Open-Meteo. Water temperature only when the lake has a public sensor.
Weather data by Open-Meteo
Visiting Carter Lake
Nearby water includes Turquoise Lake (Colorado, 11 mi), Ruedi Reservoir (Colorado, 13 mi) and Twin Lakes Reservoir (Colorado, 23 mi). In all, 48 lakes in Colorado are covered here.
Most Colorado day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. Algae blooms are seasonal and local: look for posted signs at the ramp or park entrance. No public sensor reports water temperature at Carter Lake, so the panel shows air temperature and wind.
Where there is no marked beach, entry is usually from a boat ramp or an unimproved bank. Silverthorne Area, on Dillon Reservoir, is the closest named beach in this guide, about 31 miles off. The federal and state datasets behind this guide list no named beach at Carter Lake. That does not mean there is no access, only that none is catalogued.
Carter Lake has no public water level gauge that we can read, so there is no level chart here. An invented number would be worse than none. Local marinas and park offices usually know the current state of the water better than any feed.
Questions about Carter Lake
Is there a beach at Carter Lake?
No named swimming beach appears in the federal and state datasets this guide reads. Check the operating agency for day-use areas on the ground.
How big is Carter Lake?
About 1,110 acres.
What other lakes are near Carter Lake?
The closest in this guide is Turquoise Lake, about 11 miles away in Colorado.
Lakes near Carter Lake
Other lakes in this guide, ordered by distance.
Turquoise Lake
Turquoise Lake covers about 1,780 acres in Colorado. You will find it in Lake County. USFS San Isabel NF (USBR-owned) manages it.
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Grand Lake
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Blue Mesa Reservoir
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Chatfield Reservoir
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