There are around 145 “named” lakes in Rocky Mountain National Park, and I someday hope to hike to all of them! Some health issues have prevented me from making progress over the last couple of summers, but I hope to be back to hiking soon. 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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