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: 41.33025, -106.24807. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear Lake

• Swastika Lake · lake · Albany · ~3 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow Peak · viewpoint · Albany · ~8 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · sanctuary · Carbon · ~15 km · Must-see
• Savage Run Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~25 km · Must-see
• Platte River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~38 km · Must-see
• Jelm Mountain · viewpoint · Albany · ~43 km · Must-see
• Elk Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~51 km · Must-see
• The Big Hollow · viewpoint · Albany · ~55 km · Must-see
• Fort Halleck · fort · Carbon · ~58 km · Must-see
• Saratoga National Fish Hatchery · park · Carbon · ~61 km · Must-see
• Encampment River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~66 km · Must-see
• Women’s History statue · museum · Albany · ~68 km · Must-see
• Fort Sanders Guardhouse · fort · Albany · ~68 km · Must-see
• Saint Paul's United Church of Christ · church · Albany · ~69 km · Must-see
• Laramie Plains Museum · museum · Albany · ~69 km · Must-see
• Brooklyn Lake Lodge · fort · Albany · ~4 km
• Telephone Lakes · lake · Albany · ~5 km
• Libby Lake · lake · Albany · ~6 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Bear Lake

• Swastika Lake · lake · Albany · ~3 km · Must-see
• Pearl Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~101 km · Must-see
• Steamboat Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~106 km · Must-see
• Chambers Lake · lake · Larimer · ~109 km · Must-see
• Comanche Reservoir Overlook · lake · Larimer · ~118 km · Must-see
• Seminoe Reservoir · lake · Carbon · ~125 km · Must-see
• Long Draw Dam · lake · Larimer · ~125 km · Must-see
• La Poudre Pass Lake · lake · Grand · ~127 km · Must-see
• Poudre Lake · lake · Larimer · ~134 km · Must-see
• Milton Seaman Dam · lake · Larimer · ~137 km · Must-see

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