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: 33.63009, -90.18959. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear Lake

• Hugh White State Park · park · Grenada · ~58 km · Must-see
• Mississippi embayment · viewpoint · Grenada · ~61 km · Must-see
• Adath Israel Temple · temple · Bolivar · ~64 km · Must-see
• Grenada Lake · lake · Grenada · ~70 km · Must-see
• Emmet Till Historical Marker · fort · Leflore · ~4 km
• Ed Bledsoe Lake Dam · lake · Leflore · ~4 km
• Robert Johnson · fort · Leflore · ~10 km
• Cypress Grove Church · church · Leflore · ~13 km
• North Park Church · church · Leflore · ~14 km
• Museum of the Mississippi Delta · museum · Leflore · ~14 km
• Pillow Chapel · church · Leflore · ~15 km
• West President Church of Christ · church · Leflore · ~15 km
• First United Methodist Church · church · Leflore · ~15 km
• First Presbyterian Church · church · Leflore · ~15 km
• First Baptist Church · church · Leflore · ~15 km
• Episcopal Church of the Nativity · church · Leflore · ~16 km
• garden spot · sanctuary · Carroll · ~16 km
• Emmett Till · fort · Leflore · ~16 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Bear Lake

• Grenada Lake · lake · Grenada · ~70 km · Must-see
• Enid Lake · lake · Yalobusha · ~80 km · Must-see
• Lake Monocnoc · lake · Washington · ~86 km · Must-see
• Lake Beulah, Mississippi · lake · Bolivar · ~95 km · Must-see
• Moon Lake · lake · Coahoma · ~118 km · Must-see
• Lake Chicot State Park · lake · Chicot · ~122 km · Must-see
• Lake Washington · lake · Washington · ~126 km · Must-see
• Lake Chicot · lake · Chicot · ~129 km · Must-see
• Sardis Lake · lake · Lafayette · ~131 km · Must-see
• Choctaw Lake Dam · lake · Choctaw · ~132 km · Must-see

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