Bear Canyon

Bear Canyon: 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 viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Bear Canyon

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

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 Canyon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.57052, -110.14404. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear Canyon

• Desolation Canyon · viewpoint · Grand · ~26 km · Must-see
• First Site · fort · Carbon · ~42 km · Must-see
• Battleship Butte · viewpoint · Emery · ~69 km · Must-see
• Price United Methodist Church · church · Carbon · ~71 km · Must-see
• Prehistoric Museum · museum · Carbon · ~71 km · Must-see
• Calf Canyon Rapids · river spot · Carbon · ~12 km
• Log Cabin Rapids · river spot · Uintah · ~13 km
• Flat Canyon Rapids · river spot · Carbon · ~17 km
• Cedar Ridge Rapids · river spot · Uintah · ~20 km
• Nutters Rock · viewpoint · Carbon · ~20 km
• North Point · viewpoint · Uintah · ~21 km
• Firewater Rapids · river spot · Carbon · ~21 km
• Big Canyon Rapids · river spot · Carbon · ~22 km
• Firewater Point · viewpoint · Uintah · ~25 km
• Gray Knoll · viewpoint · Uintah · ~27 km
• Grassy Trail Reservoir · lake · Carbon · ~28 km
• Anna Laura Spring · attraction · Grand · ~29 km
• Lila Canyon Mine · fort · Emery · ~29 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Bear Canyon

• Desolation Canyon · viewpoint · Grand · ~26 km · Must-see
• Battleship Butte · viewpoint · Emery · ~69 km · Must-see
• Sego · viewpoint · Grand · ~88 km · Must-see
• Assembly Hall Peak · viewpoint · Emery · ~89 km · Must-see
• Window Blind Peak · viewpoint · Emery · ~91 km · Must-see
• Bottleneck Peak · viewpoint · Emery · ~92 km · Must-see
• Fantasy Canyon · viewpoint · Uintah · ~105 km · Must-see
• Former Wall Arch · viewpoint · Grand · ~123 km · Must-see
• Landscape Arch · viewpoint · Grand · ~123 km · Must-see
• Rabbit Valley · viewpoint · Grand · ~133 km · Must-see

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