Bear Necessities

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

Best time to visit Bear Necessities

Season: October to February.

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 Necessities — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.29741, -85.94836. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear Necessities

• Large Arch · attraction · Bartholomew · ~13 km · Must-see
• Friendship Way · attraction · Bartholomew · ~13 km · Must-see
• Chaos I · attraction · Bartholomew · ~14 km · Must-see
• Lamb Lake · lake · Johnson · ~27 km · Must-see
• Johnson County Museum of History · museum · Johnson · ~28 km · Must-see
• Weed Patch Hill · viewpoint · Brown · ~34 km · Must-see
• Yellowwood State Forest · sanctuary · Brown · ~38 km · Must-see
• Brown County State Park · sanctuary · Brown · ~38 km · Must-see
• Story Monument · attraction · Brown · ~40 km · Must-see
• Meltzer Woods Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Shelby · ~41 km · Must-see
• Tecumseh Trail · trek · Brown · ~45 km · Must-see
• Lake Lemon · lake · Monroe · ~48 km · Must-see
• Selma N. Steele State Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Brown · ~48 km · Must-see
• Selmier State Forest · sanctuary · Jennings · ~53 km · Must-see
• Indianapolis Baptist Temple · church · Marion · ~54 km · Must-see
• Southeastway Park · park · Marion · ~54 km · Must-see
• Hickory Ridge Lookout Tower · viewpoint · Monroe · ~54 km · Must-see
• Charles C. Deam Wilderness · sanctuary · Monroe · ~56 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear Necessities

Other other attractions near Bear Necessities

• Large Arch · attraction · Bartholomew · ~13 km · Must-see
• Friendship Way · attraction · Bartholomew · ~13 km · Must-see
• Chaos I · attraction · Bartholomew · ~14 km · Must-see
• Story Monument · attraction · Brown · ~40 km · Must-see
• The Westward Journey · attraction · Marion · ~69 km · Must-see
• Christopher Columbus · attraction · Marion · ~69 km · Must-see
• Coal Miner · attraction · Marion · ~69 km · Must-see
• Young Abe Lincoln · attraction · Marion · ~69 km · Must-see
• Entangled · attraction · Marion · ~70 km · Must-see
• La Hermana del Hombre Bóveda · attraction · Marion · ~78 km · Must-see

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