Bear

Bear: 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 park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Bear

Season: Year-round, evenings.

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 — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.27796, -89.35914. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear

• Pyramid State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Perry · ~39 km · Must-see
• Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area · lake · Jefferson · ~44 km · Must-see
• Raccoon Lake Dam · lake · Marion · ~46 km · Must-see
• South Shore State Park · sanctuary · Clinton · ~48 km · Must-see
• Rend Lake · lake · Crittenden · ~49 km · Must-see
• Rend Lake · lake · Franklin · ~50 km · Must-see
• Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Franklin · ~52 km · Must-see
• Eldon Hazlet State Park · sanctuary · Clinton · ~53 km · Must-see
• Baldwin Lake · lake · Randolph · ~56 km · Must-see
• Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Randolph · ~59 km · Must-see
• Randolph County State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Randolph · ~59 km · Must-see
• Carlyle Reservoir · lake · Clinton · ~60 km · Must-see
• Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Randolph · ~61 km · Must-see
• Kinkaid Lake · lake · Jackson · ~65 km · Must-see
• Lebanon Temple Church · church · Saint Clair · ~65 km · Must-see
• Lake Murphysboro State Park · lake · Jackson · ~69 km · Must-see
• Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site · fort · Randolph · ~74 km · Must-see
• Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument · sanctuary · Williamson · ~74 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear

Other parks near Bear

• SIUE Gardens · park · Madison · ~100 km · Must-see
• Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park · park · Saint Clair · ~101 km · Must-see
• Kiener Plaza · park · Saint Louis · ~103 km · Must-see
• Citygarden · park · Saint Louis · ~103 km · Must-see
• Aboussie Park · park · Saint Louis · ~103 km · Must-see
• Benton Park · park · Saint Louis · ~104 km · Must-see
• Memorial Plaza · park · Saint Louis · ~104 km · Must-see
• Lafayette Park · park · Saint Louis · ~104 km · Must-see
• Aloe Plaza · park · Saint Louis · ~105 km · Must-see
• Saint Louis Place Park · park · Saint Louis · ~106 km · Must-see

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