Bear Swamp

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

Best time to visit Bear Swamp

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 Swamp — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.56785, -76.42494. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bear Swamp

• F.R. Newman Arboretum · park · Tompkins · ~16 km · Must-see
• Stewart Park · park · Tompkins · ~17 km · Must-see
• Beebe Lake · lake · Tompkins · ~17 km · Must-see
• Ithaca Falls · waterfall · Tompkins · ~17 km · Must-see
• Johnson Museum of Art · museum · Tompkins · ~17 km · Must-see
• Fillmore Glen State Park · park · Cayuga · ~17 km · Must-see
• Lime Hollow Nature Center · sanctuary · Cortland · ~18 km · Must-see
• Allan H. Treman State Marine Park · park · Tompkins · ~18 km · Must-see
• McGraw Tower · attraction · Tompkins · ~18 km · Must-see
• Sage Chapel · church · Tompkins · ~18 km · Must-see
• Lake Como · lake · Cayuga · ~20 km · Must-see
• Taughannock Falls State Park · waterfall · Tompkins · ~20 km · Must-see
• Dryden Lake · lake · Tompkins · ~21 km · Must-see
• Free Methodist Church of Cortland · church · Cortland · ~25 km · Must-see
• Unitarian Universalist Church of Cortland · church · Cortland · ~26 km · Must-see
• Robert H. Treman State Park · sanctuary · Tompkins · ~28 km · Must-see
• Cayuga Lake · lake · Cayuga · ~28 km · Must-see
• Virgil Mountain · viewpoint · Cortland · ~31 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Bear Swamp

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Bear Swamp

• Lime Hollow Nature Center · sanctuary · Cortland · ~18 km · Must-see
• Robert H. Treman State Park · sanctuary · Tompkins · ~28 km · Must-see
• Spafford Forest Coldbrook Reforestation Area · sanctuary · Onondaga · ~38 km · Must-see
• Finger Lakes National Forest · sanctuary · Schuyler · ~40 km · Must-see
• Heiberg Memorial Forest · sanctuary · Cortland · ~44 km · Must-see
• Lodi Point State Park · sanctuary · Seneca · ~47 km · Must-see
• Labrador Hollow Unique Area · sanctuary · Onondaga · ~49 km · Must-see
• James Pass Arboretum · sanctuary · Onondaga · ~70 km · Must-see
• Muller Hill State Forest · sanctuary · Madison · ~71 km · Must-see
• Indian Hill · sanctuary · Onondaga · ~73 km · Must-see

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