Bear Lakes

Bear Lakes: 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 Lakes

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 Lakes — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.77465, -106.63136. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear Lakes

• Mount Zirkel · viewpoint · Jackson · ~9 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel Wilderness · sanctuary · Routt · ~9 km · Must-see
• Pearl Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~27 km · Must-see
• Hahns Peak · viewpoint · Routt · ~33 km · Must-see
• Steamboat Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~36 km · Must-see
• Buffalo Mountain · viewpoint · Routt · ~38 km · Must-see
• Fish Creek Falls · waterfall · Routt · ~43 km · Must-see
• Encampment River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~45 km · Must-see
• Elk Mountain · viewpoint · Routt · ~46 km · Must-see
• Mount Werner · viewpoint · Routt · ~46 km · Must-see
• Yampa River Botanic Park · park · Routt · ~47 km · Must-see
• Rabbit Ears Peak · viewpoint · Jackson · ~48 km · Must-see
• Platte River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~50 km · Must-see
• Baker Mountain · viewpoint · Jackson · ~55 km · Must-see
• Huston Park Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~58 km · Must-see
• Lake Agnes · lake · Grand · ~59 km · Must-see
• Columbus Mountain · viewpoint · Routt · ~61 km · Must-see
• Savage Run Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~63 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear Lakes

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Bear Lakes

• Pearl Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~27 km · Must-see
• Steamboat Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~36 km · Must-see
• Lake Agnes · lake · Grand · ~59 km · Must-see
• Elkhead Creek Dam · lake · Moffat · ~85 km · Must-see
• Chambers Lake · lake · Larimer · ~86 km · Must-see
• Swastika Lake · lake · Albany · ~90 km · Must-see
• Wolford Mountain Reservoir · lake · Grand · ~95 km · Must-see
• La Poudre Pass Lake · lake · Grand · ~95 km · Must-see
• Long Draw Dam · lake · Larimer · ~98 km · Must-see
• Poudre Lake · lake · Larimer · ~100 km · Must-see

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