Bear Gulch

Bear Gulch: 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 Gulch

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 Gulch — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.21825, -114.19780. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear Gulch

• Lower Goose Creek Reservoir · lake · Cassia · ~28 km · Must-see
• Graham Peak · viewpoint · Cassia · ~51 km · Must-see
• Mount Independence · viewpoint · Cassia · ~54 km · Must-see
• City of Rocks National Reserve · sanctuary · Cassia · ~55 km · Must-see
• Cache Peak;Independence Mountain · viewpoint · Cassia · ~55 km · Must-see
• Shoshone Falls · waterfall · Jerome · ~57 km · Must-see
• Mount Harrison · viewpoint · Cassia · ~57 km · Must-see
• Smoky Mountain · viewpoint · Cassia · ~58 km · Must-see
• Herrett Museum · museum · Twin Falls · ~58 km · Must-see
• Thunder Mountain · viewpoint · Cassia · ~61 km · Must-see
• Middle Stack Mountain · viewpoint · Elko · ~74 km · Must-see
• Harrington Peak · viewpoint · Cassia · ~2 km
• Fuller Peak · viewpoint · Cassia · ~4 km
• Coal Pit Butte · viewpoint · Cassia · ~5 km
• Freds Mound · viewpoint · Cassia · ~5 km
• Elk Butte · viewpoint · Cassia · ~8 km
• Pike Mountain · viewpoint · Cassia · ~9 km
• Trapper Peak · viewpoint · Cassia · ~9 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear Gulch

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Bear Gulch

• Graham Peak · viewpoint · Cassia · ~51 km · Must-see
• Mount Independence · viewpoint · Cassia · ~54 km · Must-see
• Cache Peak;Independence Mountain · viewpoint · Cassia · ~55 km · Must-see
• Mount Harrison · viewpoint · Cassia · ~57 km · Must-see
• Smoky Mountain · viewpoint · Cassia · ~58 km · Must-see
• Thunder Mountain · viewpoint · Cassia · ~61 km · Must-see
• Middle Stack Mountain · viewpoint · Elko · ~74 km · Must-see
• Upper Raft River Valley · viewpoint · Cassia · ~76 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Elko · ~84 km · Must-see
• George Peak · viewpoint · Box Elder · ~87 km · Must-see

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