Bear Lake

Bear Lake: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Bear Lake

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Bear Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 33.58438, -93.95827. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear Lake

• Beards Bluff Public Use Area · sanctuary · Hempstead · ~17 km · Must-see
• Beech Street · church · Miller · ~22 km · Must-see
• Millwood Lake · lake · Little River · ~23 km · Must-see
• Mineral Springs Waterworks · fort · Howard · ~41 km · Must-see
• Historic Washington State Park · fort · Hempstead · ~41 km · Must-see
• Wright Patman Lake · lake · Miller · ~45 km · Must-see
• Crater of Diamonds State Park · park · Pike · ~70 km · Must-see
• Mandeville Road · fort · Miller · ~11 km
• Old Highway 67 · fort · Miller · ~13 km
• County Road 138 · fort · Miller · ~13 km
• Mandeville Road · fort · Miller · ~15 km
• Northern Hills Baptist Church · church · Miller · ~15 km
• Charity Church · church · Hempstead · ~19 km
• Upper Moore Lake Dam · lake · Miller · ~19 km
• Buzzard Bluff · viewpoint · Miller · ~20 km
• Spring Lake Park · lake · Bowie · ~20 km
• Lonoke Baptist Church · church · Miller · ~21 km
• Ferguson Park · park · Bowie · ~22 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Bear Lake

• Millwood Lake · lake · Little River · ~23 km · Must-see
• Wright Patman Lake · lake · Miller · ~45 km · Must-see
• Dierks Lake · lake · Sevier · ~83 km · Must-see
• De Queen Dam · lake · Sevier · ~87 km · Must-see
• Gillham Dam · lake · Howard · ~92 km · Must-see
• West Fork Lake Greeson · lake · Pike · ~95 km · Must-see
• White Oak Lake State Park · lake · Nevada · ~99 km · Must-see
• Brevelle Lake · lake · Red River · ~110 km · Must-see
• Bard Springs Dam Number 2 · lake · Polk · ~112 km · Must-see
• Broken Bow City Lake Dam · lake · McCurtain · ~115 km · Must-see

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