Cooney Reservoir

May 11, 2025

We have some weather headed our way this afternoon so after an outing with the dog and a few other things I figured I had enough time to get a short ride in.  I’d looked at a map and noticed COoney Reservoir.  I’d been there once, a short visit probably 25 years ago and at 50 miles from home looked about perfect.

I snaked my way to Laurel on the back roads, stopped at Riverside Park for the facilities, and then rode son to Boyd and the turn off for COoney.  It’s about 9-10 miles and very curved.  A nice ride.  As I neared the lake, up a ahead I could see that the rode made a hard turn to the left and coming the other way was a kid in a pickup who didn’t slow down and came over on my side of the road as he tried to correct himself.  20 second later that could have been dangerous for me.

The pavement ends at the bridge where the water flows out of the lake so I took a couple pictures, turned around, and headed back.

A mile or two on the way back I found another spot for a photo.

When I got back to Hwy 212 the pavement was wet.  I guess I’d just missed the rain.  I found it a bit out of Rockvale but it wasn’t much.  The rest of the ride back to Billings was just about getting back before the rain showed up there.

A 98 mile day.