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: 32.05515, -85.98162. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear Lake

• Sardis Baptist Church (Union Springs, Alabama) · church · Bullock · ~26 km · Must-see
• First Presbyterian Church · church · Pike · ~36 km · Must-see
• Fort Hull Church · church · Macon · ~53 km · Must-see
• Trinity Presbyterian Church · church · Montgomery · ~57 km · Must-see
• Montgomery County Historical · museum · Montgomery · ~58 km · Must-see
• Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church · church · Montgomery · ~59 km · Must-see
• Old Ship African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church · church · Montgomery · ~59 km · Must-see
• First Baptist Church · church · Montgomery · ~59 km · Must-see
• National Memorial for Peace and Justice · fort · Montgomery · ~59 km · Must-see
• Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church · church · Montgomery · ~59 km · Must-see
• Wright Brothers Park · park · Montgomery · ~60 km · Must-see
• Butler Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church · church · Macon · ~60 km · Must-see
• Montgomery Zoo · sanctuary · Montgomery · ~62 km · Must-see
• Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site · sanctuary · Macon · ~66 km · Must-see
• Grace Episcopal Church · church · Barbour · ~67 km · Must-see
• Fort Jackson · fort · Elmore · ~70 km · Must-see
• Fort Toulouse III Replica · fort · Elmore · ~70 km · Must-see
• Taskigi Mound · viewpoint · Elmore · ~70 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Bear Lake

• Walter F George Reservoir · lake · Barbour · ~101 km · Must-see
• R.E. "Bob" Woodruff Lake · lake · Autauga · ~101 km · Must-see
• Walter F George Reservoir · lake · Quitman · ~104 km · Must-see
• Lake Martin · lake · Tallapoosa · ~104 km · Must-see
• Goat Rock Lake · lake · Lee · ~131 km · Must-see
• Lake Oliver · lake · Russell · ~132 km · Must-see
• Lake Harding · lake · Lee · ~135 km · Must-see
• Lanier Dam · lake · Chambers · ~148 km · Must-see
• Barnett Lake · lake · Bullock · ~26 km
• Old Town Creek Watershed Dam Number 31 · lake · Bullock · ~29 km

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