Bear Draw

Bear Draw: 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 Draw

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 Draw — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.98164, -106.22585. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear Draw

• Platte River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~20 km · Must-see
• Jelm Mountain · viewpoint · Albany · ~31 km · Must-see
• Savage Run Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~33 km · Must-see
• State Forest State Park · sanctuary · Jackson · ~46 km · Must-see
• Rawah Wilderness · sanctuary · Larimer · ~46 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · sanctuary · Carbon · ~48 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel · viewpoint · Jackson · ~50 km · Must-see
• Swastika Lake · lake · Albany · ~50 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow Peak · viewpoint · Albany · ~53 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel Wilderness · sanctuary · Routt · ~60 km · Must-see
• Encampment River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~60 km · Must-see
• Clark Peak · viewpoint · Larimer · ~61 km · Must-see
• South Bald Mountain · viewpoint · Larimer · ~64 km · Must-see
• Chambers Lake · lake · Larimer · ~66 km · Must-see
• The Big Hollow · viewpoint · Albany · ~70 km · Must-see
• Pearl Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~75 km · Must-see
• American Mine · fort · Albany · ~7 km
• Horatio Rock · viewpoint · Albany · ~9 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear Draw

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Bear Draw

• Jelm Mountain · viewpoint · Albany · ~31 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel · viewpoint · Jackson · ~50 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow Peak · viewpoint · Albany · ~53 km · Must-see
• Clark Peak · viewpoint · Larimer · ~61 km · Must-see
• South Bald Mountain · viewpoint · Larimer · ~64 km · Must-see
• The Big Hollow · viewpoint · Albany · ~70 km · Must-see
• Seven Utes Mountain · viewpoint · Jackson · ~76 km · Must-see
• Hahns Peak · viewpoint · Routt · ~76 km · Must-see
• Iron Mountain · viewpoint · Larimer · ~77 km · Must-see
• Braddock Peak · viewpoint · Jackson · ~77 km · Must-see

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