There are around 145 “named” lakes in Rocky Mountain National Park, and I’m in the process of hiking to all of them! Below are pictures of the lakes I’ve visited so far, as well as the ones I hope to visit soon.
I made this list for fun, and it isn’t based off of any official record. I focused primarily on named lakes from a combination of Lisa Foster’s RMNP Complete Hiking Guide, with some supplements from this website and personal experience. I also double-checked the lake locations with the RMNP Boundary since a few lakes are right on the border.
As always, if you plan on hiking to these lakes yourself, please Leave No Trace. In particular remember:
- Stay on designated trails and hike in single file. Never shortcut switchbacks.
- When traveling crosscountry, choose the most durable surfaces available: rock, gravel, dry grasses or snow. Spread out so you don’t grind a path where one didn’t exist before.
- When you stop to rest, be careful not to mash vegetation. Sit on rocks, logs or in clearings.
Lakes I’ve Visited (64)
 Andrew’s Tarn |
 Bear Lake |
 Bierstadt Lake |
 Black Lake |
 Blue Lake |
 Bluebird Lake |
 Box Lake |
 Chasm Lake |
 Chipmunk Lake |
 Copeland Lake |
 Crystal Lake |
 Cub Lake |
 Dream Lake |
 Eagle Lake |
 Embryo Lake |
 Emerald Lake |
 Fern Lake |
 Fifth Lake |
 Finch Lake |
 Fourth Lake |
 Frozen Lake |
 Gem Lake |
 Green Lake |
 Haynach Lake |
 Jewel Lake |
 Lake Haiyaha |
 Lake Helene |
 Lake Nanita |
 Lake Nokoni |
 Lake Verna |
 Lake of Glass |
 Lark Pond |
 Lawn Lake |
 Lily Lake |
 Lion Lake 1 |
 Lion Lake 2 |
 Little Crystal Lake |
 Lone Pine Lake |
 Mills Lake |
 Nymph Lake |
 Odessa Lake |
 Ouzel Lake |
 Peacock Pond |
 Pear Lake |
 Pipit Lake |
 Poudre Lake |
 Ptarmigan Tarn |
 Sandbeach Lake |
 Sheep Lakes |
 Shelf Lake |
 Sky Pond |
 Snowbank Lake |
 Solitude Lake |
 Spirit Lake |
 Sprague Lake |
 Spruce Lake |
 The Loch |
 The Pool |
 Thunder Lake |
 Tourmaline Lake |
 Twin Lake (Lower) |
 Twin Lake (Upper) |
 Two Rivers Lake |
 Ypsilon Lake |
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Lakes Remaining (80)
Bear Lake Area
| Black Pool |
“Italy Lake” |
Loomis Lake |
| Marigold Lake |
Marigold Pond |
“Pool of Jade” |
| “Primrose Pond” |
Round Pond |
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Wild Basin
| Castle Lake |
Cony Lake |
Falcon Lake |
| Fan Lake |
Lake Powell |
Frigid Lake |
| Hutcheson Lake (lower) |
Hutcheson Lake (middle) |
Hutcheson Lake (upper) |
| Indigo Pond |
Isolation Lake |
Junco Lake |
| Keplinger Lake |
Lake of Many Winds |
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Mummy Range
| Beaver Ponds |
Hazeline Lake |
“Kettle Tarn” |
| Fay Lake (lower) |
Fay Lake (middle) |
Fay Lake (upper) |
| Lake Dunraven |
Lake Husted |
Lake Louise |
| “Looking Glass Lake” |
Lost Lake |
Mirror Lake |
| Potts Puddle |
Rowe Glacier/”Rowe Glacier Lake” |
“Scotch Lake” |
| Spectacle Lake (lower) |
Spectacle Lake (upper) |
“Whiskey Lake” |
| Chiquita Lake |
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Never Summer Range
| Blue Lake (Never Summer) |
Bowen Lake |
Lake Irene |
| Bighorn Lake |
Chickaree Lake |
Lake of the Clouds |
| Parika Lake |
Pinnacle Pool |
Ruby Lake |
North / East Inlet
| Bench Lake |
Big Pool |
Lake Solitude |
| Lake Catherine |
Pettingell Lake |
Ten Lake Park |
| Adams Lake |
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Center / Continental Divide
| Arrowhead Lake |
Azure Lake |
Doughnut Lake |
| Forest Lake |
Hayden Lake |
Highest Lake |
| Iceberg Lake |
Inkwell Lake |
Irene Lake |
| Julian Lake |
Lake Amore |
Little Rock Lake |
| Lonesome Lake |
Love Lake |
Murphy Lake |
| Rainbow Lake |
Rock Lake |
Snowdrift Lake |
| Timber Lake |
“Wonderland Lake” |
“Sprague Tarn” |
| Hourglass Lake |
Ptarmigan Lake |
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