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: 38.90616, -106.32057. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear Lake

• Mount Columbia · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~3 km · Must-see
• Mount Harvard · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~3 km · Must-see
• Emerald Peak · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~7 km · Must-see
• Mount Oxford · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~8 km · Must-see
• Missouri Mountain · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~9 km · Must-see
• Mount Yale · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~9 km · Must-see
• Mount Belford · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~9 km · Must-see
• Ice Mountain · viewpoint · Gunnison · ~13 km · Must-see
• Turner Peak · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~14 km · Must-see
• Huron Peak · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~14 km · Must-see
• Quail Mountain · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~17 km · Must-see
• Ervin Peak · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~19 km · Must-see
• Mount Hope · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~19 km · Must-see
• Jones Mountain · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~20 km · Must-see
• Mount Blaurock · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~20 km · Must-see
• Winfield Peak · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~21 km · Must-see
• Twin Peaks · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~22 km · Must-see
• Rinker Peak · viewpoint · Chaffee · ~22 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Bear Lake

• Twin Lakes Dam · lake · Lake · ~24 km · Must-see
• Chalk Lake · lake · Chaffee · ~29 km · Must-see
• Grizzly Reservoir Dam · lake · Pitkin · ~40 km · Must-see
• Linkins Lake · lake · Pitkin · ~42 km · Must-see
• Independence Lake · lake · Pitkin · ~42 km · Must-see
• Lost Man Lake · lake · Pitkin · ~44 km · Must-see
• Antero Reservoir · lake · Park · ~45 km · Must-see
• Homestake Project Dam · lake · Eagle · ~66 km · Must-see
• Montgomery Dam · lake · Park · ~68 km · Must-see
• O'Haver Lake · lake · Chaffee · ~69 km · Must-see

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