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: 44.22144, -107.23558. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear Lake

• High Park Fire Lookout · viewpoint · Washakie · ~11 km · Must-see
• Bighorn Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~14 km · Must-see
• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~14 km · Must-see
• Darton Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~15 km · Must-see
• Loaf Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~16 km · Must-see
• Mather Peaks · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~17 km · Must-see
• Powder River Pass information sign · viewpoint · Johnson · ~18 km · Must-see
• Bomber Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~22 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~23 km · Must-see
• Innominate · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~25 km · Must-see
• Mount Woolsey · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~26 km · Must-see
• Black Tooth Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~26 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak Wilderness · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~26 km · Must-see
• Hallelujah · viewpoint · Johnson · ~27 km · Must-see
• Penrose Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~28 km · Must-see
• Ten Sleep Mercantile · fort · Washakie · ~34 km · Must-see
• Bighorn National Forest · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~42 km · Must-see
• Buffalo City Park · park · Johnson · ~56 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Bear Lake

• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~14 km · Must-see
• Lake De Smet · lake · Johnson · ~60 km · Must-see
• Tongue River Dam · lake · Big Horn · ~135 km · Must-see
• Boysen Dam · lake · Fremont · ~146 km · Must-see
• West Tensleep Lake · lake · Big Horn · ~6 km
• Tensleep Reservoir Dam · lake · Washakie · ~8 km
• Mistymoon Lake · lake · Big Horn · ~17 km
• Florence Lake · lake · Johnson · ~18 km
• Lake Solitude · lake · Big Horn · ~19 km
• Middle Cloud Peak lake · lake · Big Horn · ~21 km

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