Bears Rocks

Bears Rocks: 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 viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Bears Rocks

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

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 Bears Rocks — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.73419, -75.76012. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bears Rocks

• Bake Oven Knob · viewpoint · Lehigh · ~3 km · Must-see
• Leaser Lake Dam · lake · Lehigh · ~12 km · Must-see
• Fort Allen · fort · Carbon · ~15 km · Must-see
• Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument · fort · Lehigh · ~15 km · Must-see
• Fireman's Drinking Fountain · attraction · Lehigh · ~16 km · Must-see
• Mauch Chunk Dam · lake · Carbon · ~16 km · Must-see
• Lehigh Valley Zoo · sanctuary · Lehigh · ~18 km · Must-see
• Old Jail Museum · museum · Carbon · ~18 km · Must-see
• Trexler Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Lehigh · ~18 km · Must-see
• Pisgah Vista · viewpoint · Carbon · ~19 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~20 km · Must-see
• Broad Run Reservoir · lake · Carbon · ~22 km · Must-see
• The Pinnacle · viewpoint · Berks · ~23 km · Must-see
• Broad Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~25 km · Must-see
• Beltzville State Park · sanctuary · Carbon · ~26 km · Must-see
• Whitehall Parkway · sanctuary · Lehigh · ~27 km · Must-see
• Hawk Mountain · viewpoint · Berks · ~28 km · Must-see
• Tuscarora State Park · sanctuary · Schuylkill · ~29 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Bears Rocks

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Bears Rocks

• Bake Oven Knob · viewpoint · Lehigh · ~3 km · Must-see
• Pisgah Vista · viewpoint · Carbon · ~19 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~20 km · Must-see
• The Pinnacle · viewpoint · Berks · ~23 km · Must-see
• Broad Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~25 km · Must-see
• Hawk Mountain · viewpoint · Berks · ~28 km · Must-see
• Blue Mountain · viewpoint · Monroe · ~39 km · Must-see
• Lehigh Mountain · viewpoint · Warren · ~41 km · Must-see
• South Mountain · viewpoint · Lehigh · ~41 km · Must-see
• Applebutter Hill · viewpoint · Warren · ~46 km · Must-see

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