Bear Bay

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

Best time to visit Bear Bay

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

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 Bay — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.43156, -78.93530. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear Bay

• Asbury Methodist Church · church · Robeson · ~36 km · Must-see
• Little Pee Dee State Park · park · Dillon · ~43 km · Must-see
• South of the Border · attraction · Dillon · ~44 km · Must-see
• Jones Lake State Park · lake · Bladen · ~51 km · Must-see
• Lake Waccamaw State Park · lake · Columbus · ~53 km · Must-see
• Turnbull Creek Educational State Forest · sanctuary · Bladen · ~54 km · Must-see
• Bladen Lakes State Forest · sanctuary · Bladen · ~58 km · Must-see
• Singletary Lake State Park · lake · Bladen · ~59 km · Must-see
• Cotton Press · fort · Dillon · ~69 km · Must-see
• Annetts Pond · lake · Horry · ~16 km
• Chadbourn Depot Museum · museum · Columbus · ~19 km
• Fair Bluff Depot Museum · museum · Columbus · ~20 km
• Warwick Mill Pond · lake · Dillon · ~23 km
• Bear Swamp Church · church · Dillon · ~26 km
• Spiveys Millpond · lake · Dillon · ~27 km
• Robeson County History Museum · museum · Robeson · ~27 km
• First Baptist Church of Lake View · church · Dillon · ~29 km
• Singletary Millpond · lake · Dillon · ~29 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear Bay

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Bear Bay

• Turnbull Creek Educational State Forest · sanctuary · Bladen · ~54 km · Must-see
• Bladen Lakes State Forest · sanctuary · Bladen · ~58 km · Must-see
• Cape Fear Botanical Garden · sanctuary · Cumberland · ~87 km · Must-see
• Green Swamp Preserve · sanctuary · Brunswick · ~91 km · Must-see
• Tuckahoe Bay · sanctuary · Horry · ~92 km · Must-see
• Battleship North Carolina · sanctuary · New Hanover · ~116 km · Must-see
• North Carolina Coastal Land Trust: Orton Plantation Holdings, LLC · sanctuary · Brunswick · ~122 km · Must-see
• Brookgreen Gardens · sanctuary · Georgetown · ~128 km · Must-see
• Moore Farms Botanical Garden · sanctuary · Williamsburg · ~129 km · Must-see
• Goodwin State Forest · sanctuary · Moore · ~140 km · Must-see

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