Canyon Ferry Lake

Canyon Ferry Lake at a glance

Canyon Ferry Lake sits at 46.6486, -111.7275. The Missouri River carries the outflow. Maximum depth is around 166 feet. It lies at roughly 3,799 feet of elevation.

Around Canyon Ferry Lake this guide maps 1 named swimming spot. Black Sandy Beach are on the list. These come from wikidata. Unless the operating agency says otherwise, treat these as unsupervised swimming.

For a lake this size, the park office is the fastest way to learn how the water sits today. No public gauge reports the water level at Canyon Ferry Lake, so this page shows no level chart. We would rather leave the figure out than publish an estimate that nobody measured.

Water temperature is not measured at this lake by any public agency we read. If the water looks like pea soup or paint, stay out and report it to the managing agency. Swimming season in Montana runs through the warm months, and day-use areas set their own opening dates.

The closest lakes in this guide are Helena Valley Reservoir (Montana, 7 mi), Pishkun Reservoir (Montana, 80 mi) and Georgetown Lake (Montana, 81 mi). In all, 21 lakes in Montana are covered here.