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: 45.64986, -121.73423. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear Lake

• Mount Defiance · viewpoint · Skamania · ~1 km · Must-see
• Wyeth State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Hood River · ~7 km · Must-see
• Wind Mountain · viewpoint · Skamania · ~9 km · Must-see
• Columbia River Gorge · viewpoint · Skamania · ~9 km · Must-see
• Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area · sanctuary · Hood River · ~9 km · Must-see
• Dog Mountain · viewpoint · Skamania · ~10 km · Must-see
• Lake Bonneville · lake · Skamania · ~11 km · Must-see
• Wahtum Lake · lake · Skamania · ~11 km · Must-see
• Hood River Valley · viewpoint · Skamania · ~15 km · Must-see
• Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness · sanctuary · Hood River · ~15 km · Must-see
• Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum · museum · Skamania · ~17 km · Must-see
• Fort Raines · fort · Skamania · ~18 km · Must-see
• Starvation Creek Falls · waterfall · Skamania · ~20 km · Must-see
• Lake Bonneville · lake · Hood River · ~20 km · Must-see
• Fort Cascades Trail · waterfall · Skamania · ~22 km · Must-see
• Georgiana Smith Park · park · Hood River · ~23 km · Must-see
• Hood River Waterfront Park · park · Skamania · ~23 km · Must-see
• Lost Lake · lake · Skamania · ~24 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Bear Lake

• Lake Bonneville · lake · Skamania · ~11 km · Must-see
• Wahtum Lake · lake · Skamania · ~11 km · Must-see
• Lake Bonneville · lake · Hood River · ~20 km · Must-see
• Lost Lake · lake · Skamania · ~24 km · Must-see
• Bull Run Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~29 km · Must-see
• South Prairie Lake · lake · Skamania · ~37 km · Must-see
• Goose Lake · lake · Skamania · ~41 km · Must-see
• Burnt Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~42 km · Must-see
• Mirror Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~49 km · Must-see
• Trillium Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~53 km · Must-see

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