Crater Lake, Aspen

#7 among attractions in Aspen

Nature, Top attraction, Natural attraction, Lake

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This is about the Crater Lake in Pitkin County, Colorado. According to the US Geographic Names Information System, there are also "Crater Lakes" in the following Colorado Counties: Alamosa, Archuleta, Delta, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Larimer, Rio Blanco, and San Juan.

Crater Lake is a mountain lake in the Elk Mountains, Pitkin County of the US State of Colorado. It lies just northeast of the Maroon Bells and just northwest of Pyramid Peak. The view of the striated Maroon Bells from Crater Lake and the view from nearby Maroon Lake are two of the most photographed mountain scenes in the United States. ()

Elevation: 10082 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 39°5'6"N, 106°58'1"W

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Crater Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Maroon Bells, Pyramid Peak, Snowmass Mountain, Snowmass Peak.

1.5 miSW
Famous mountain peaks with a shuttle
Maroon Bells, Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness
40 min walk • The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about half a kilometer. The mountains are on the border between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, about 19 kilometres southwest of Aspen.
1.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pyramid Peak, Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness
34 min walk • Pyramid Peak is a fourteen thousand foot mountain in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is the 47th highest mountain peak in Colorado, and 78th highest peak in the United States.
5.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Snowmass Mountain, Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness
148 min walk • Snowmass Mountain is a 14,099-foot-high mountain in the U.S. state of Colorado, and the thirty-fourth highest mountain peak in the state.
5.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Snowmass Peak, Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness
130 min walk • Snowmass Peak in the U.S. state of Colorado dominates the view from Snowmass Lake. It is often mistaken for Snowmass Mountain, the thirty-fourth highest mountain peak in the state, as well as for Hagerman Peak.
1.7 miNE
39°5'53"N • 106°56'28"W
Maroon Creek, Aspen
43 min walk • Bridge

Crater Lake, Aspen

Facts and practical information

Crater Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Maroon Bells, Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness

Pyramid Peak, Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness

Snowmass Mountain, Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness

Snowmass Peak, Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness

Maroon Creek, Aspen