| Description: 120-square mile Bear Lake straddles the Idaho-Utah border. Bear Lake State Park`s two units on the north & east end features five miles of sandy beaches for access to swimming, power boating, waterskiing, sailing & fishing.
The lake is known for its turquoise waters, especially when viewed from the summit of US 89, high above Garden City, Utah. Swimmers will enjoy a two-mile-long beach on the north end of the lake, plus a mile-and-a-half of beach on the east side. The gradual slope of the lake bottom provides an enormous swimming area. Anglers can try for a native cutthroat or lake trout in the summer. In the winter, they can come back with buckets & nets when the Bonneville Cisco run. The fish is found nowhere else on earth. The Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located at the north end of the park. The 17,600 acres of marsh, open H2O, & grasslands provide nesting grounds for duck species such as mallard, pintail, & canvasback, as well as sand hill cranes, herons, egrets, Canada geese, & white pelicans.
Location: 20 miles south of Montpelier on US 89.
mail: PO Box 297;Paris, ID 83261
Season: year round.
Fee: entrance & campground fees.
Reservations: no. |
Bear Lake State Park Campground Web Site
Driving Direction GPS Coordinates:
42.322551, -111.297740
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Campground: Bear Lake State Park in Montpelier Idaho *