TIMED ENTRY
Brainard Lake Recreation Area Timed Tickets
Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG
In FY25, this reservation product recorded 62,189 orders.
FY25 orders
62,189
Recorded Recreation.gov orders
Historical demand
High
Based on FY25 order volume
Median observed lead
6 days
FY25 reservations with valid lead data
Peak month
July
Month with the most FY25 start dates
Historical demand does not measure reservation difficulty.
Observed booking lead
Mutually exclusive FY25 buckets from order date versus start date. Same calendar day means both fell on the same date.
- Same calendar day17.8% · 11,064
- 1–7 days36.3% · 22,577
- 8–14 days24.5% · 15,201
- 15–30 days19.7% · 12,263
- 31–60 days0.6% · 362
- 61+ days1.1% · 702
Historical seasonality
Share of FY25 orders by reservation start month.
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Tours
- Brainard Lake Picnic Site/Trailhead - Day Use Parking · Nature Hike · 180
- Long Lake Trailhead - Day Use Parking · Nature Hike · 180
- Mitchell Lake Trailhead - Day Use Parking · Nature Hike · 180
- Niwot Picnic Site/Trailhead - Day Use Parking · Nature Hike · 180
- Overnight Parking Permit - Brainard Lake · Nature Hike · 180
- Overnight Parking Permit - Long Lake · Nature Hike · 180
- Overnight Parking Permit - Mitchell Lake · Nature Hike · 180
- Overnight Parking Permit - Niwot Picnic · Nature Hike · 180
- Red Rock Lake Picnic Site - Day Use Parking · Nature Hike · 180
Data limitations
- FY25 Recreation.gov orders only (1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025).
- Does not report current availability, current booking windows, current prices, or quotas.
- Historical demand does not measure availability or difficulty.
- Median observed booking lead is not a “book X days ahead” instruction.