Glendo Reservoir

Is Glendo Reservoir good for swimming?

Glendo Reservoir sits at 42.4797, -104.9480. Outflow feeds the North Platte River. The reservoir dates from 1958. It lies at roughly 4,652 feet of elevation.

If Glendo Reservoir is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Guernsey Reservoir (Wyoming, 13 mi), Winters Creek Lake (Nebraska, 81 mi) and Lake Minatare (Nebraska, 84 mi). In all, 19 lakes in Wyoming are covered here.

There is no water temperature sensor here, so only air conditions are shown. Most Wyoming day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. Inland lakes are not monitored the way ocean beaches are, so posted signs matter more here.

Many smaller lakes have no designated beach at all, only informal shoreline access. No named swimming beach is mapped at Glendo Reservoir in the federal and state datasets this guide reads. Access is through whatever the operating agency provides on the ground, so check with them first.

Water level is missing from this page on purpose: no public feed covers Glendo Reservoir. If the operating agency starts publishing a level for this lake, it will appear here.