{"id":2323,"date":"2019-05-08T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T00:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitgrandcoun.wpengine.com\/articles\/grand-lake-to-monarch-lake\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T09:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T15:53:23","slug":"grand-lake-to-monarch-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/blog\/grand-lake-to-monarch-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Lake to Monarch Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Water_Hero-4-1024x576.png\" alt=\"A large body of water with mountains in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-2885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Water_Hero-4-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Water_Hero-4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Water_Hero-4-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Water_Hero-4-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Water_Hero-4-1529x860.png 1529w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Water_Hero-4-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Water_Hero-4-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Water_Hero-4-711x400.png 711w, https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Water_Hero-4.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From Grand Lake to Monarch Lake, tour the abundant water flowing in beautiful Grand County. Hike to Adams Falls or go boating at Lake Granby; there is a water activity that everyone can enjoy here in the heart of the Rocky Mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Hike to Adams Falls<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">West Portal Road and Highway 34<br><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u2028Grand Lake, Colorado 80447\u2028<br><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">970-627-3402\u2028<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><a href=\"\/explore\/mountains-and-vistas\/adams-fall\/\">Adams Falls<\/a> is on the east side of <a href=\"\/explore\/towns\/grand-lake\/\">Grand Lake<\/a>, less than a mile from the middle of the village. A short walk brings you to Adams Falls, a beautiful waterfall that feeds into Grand Lake.<br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Grand Lake Marina<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Grand Ave<br><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u2028Grand Lake, Colorado 80447\u2028<br><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">970-627-9273\u2028\u2028<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><a href=\"\/explore\/lakes-and-rivers\/grand-lake\/\">Grand Lake<\/a> is Colorado&#8217;s largest and deepest natural lake, and with miles and miles of shoreline, it is Grand County&#8217;s playground. Head out to the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.glmarina.com\" target=\"_blank\">marina<\/a> and rent or bring your canoe, kayak or even charter your own &#8220;Party Boat.&#8221; Grand Lake is the perfect place to raise your anchors, have fun and enjoy the views of this quaint mountain town and <a href=\"\/rmnp\/\">Rocky Mountain National Park<\/a>.<br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Shadow Mountain Lake -Trail Ridge Marina\u2028<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">12634 U.S. Hwy 34\u2028<br>Grand Lake, Colorado 80447 <br>970-627-3586<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><a href=\"\/explore\/lakes-and-rivers\/shadow-mountain-lake\/\">Shadow Mountain Lake<\/a> has 1,346 surface acres for recreational use. Come explore the beauty of Shadow Mountain Lake on a jet-ski or speed boat! You are sure to have a blast on this beautiful mountain lake.<br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lake Granby &#8211; Beacon Marina\u2028<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1026 CR 64\u2028<br>Granby, Colorado 80446 <br>970-627-3671<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/explore\/lakes-and-rivers\/lake-granby\/\">Lake Granby<\/a> is very popular with anglers, and it is continually stocked with trout and kokanee salmon. Guests come from all around the world to <a href=\"\/play\/fishing\/\">fish<\/a> and sightsee from this beautiful location. <a href=\"\/vendors\/beacon-landing\/\">Beacon Landing Marina<\/a> has excellent boating facilities, including boat rentals for fishing or pleasure. Reel in the catch of the day on the water of Lake Granby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monarch Lake\u2028<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>9 Ten Mile Drive<br>\u2028Granby, Colorado 80446 <br>970-887-4100 \u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monarch Lake is located outside the northwestern boundary of the <a href=\"\/explore\/wilderness-and-trails\/indian-peaks-wilderness\/\">Indian Peaks Wilderness area<\/a>. Hiking trails loop around the lake, giving you access to virtually all of the pristine shoreline. Its versatility as a <a href=\"\/play\/on-the-trail\/hiking\/\">hiking<\/a>, running, <a href=\"\/play\/western-activities\/horseback-riding\/\">horseback riding<\/a> and winter sport trail make it one of the Indian Peaks&#8217; most popular year-round destinations. Much of Monarch Lake&#8217;s shoreline is accessible <a href=\"\/play\/fishing\/\">to anglers<\/a>, who seek its brook, rainbow, cutthroat and brown trout stocks. The trail is roughly 4 miles long and is considered an easy to moderate hike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Grand Lake to Monarch Lake, tour the abundant water flowing in beautiful Grand County. Hike to Adams Falls or go boating at Lake Granby; there is a water activity that everyone can enjoy here in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Hike to Adams Falls West Portal Road and Highway 34\u2028Grand Lake, Colorado 80447\u2028970-627-3402\u2028 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10534,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323\/revisions\/10534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrandcounty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}