Bear Lake
- Area
- 269 km²
- Max depth
- 63 m
- Tonight
- 38°FLight rain · Wind 5–8 mph NW
Bear Lake is a lake at 1,804 m above sea level in Idaho, United States, 269 km² in area and 30.8 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 1,804 m
- Length
- 30.8 km
- Shoreline
- 80.1 km
Bear Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 80.1 km
Bear Lake 3D map
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Bear Lake terrain and contours
20 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Bear Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Bear Lake weather
Tonight · Light rain · 38°F (3°C) · 27% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–8 mph NW
Bear Lake forecast for about 1,806 m.
- Tonight38°27%5–8 mph NW
- Sat36°51°2%3–7 mph E
- Sun37°52°11%1–5 mph SE
- Mon38°55°24%1–7 mph SSE
- Tue33°51°47%5–8 mph SSW
- Wed35°50°4%1–7 mph SSW
- Thu38°54°11%2–7 mph SE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:31 UTC.
Camping & parking near Bear Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Bear Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
5.9 km E
Nearest campsite
North Eden Campground
Nearest caravan site
Bear Lake Venture Park
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 5.9 km E |
| North Eden CampgroundCampsite | 5.9 km E |
| Rainbow Cove CampgroundCampsite | 6.0 km ESE |
| Parking | 6.2 km SE |
| Parking | 6.2 km E |
| Bear Lake Venture ParkCaravan site | 6.6 km WSW |
| Mountain Fawn CampgroundCampsite | 7.1 km ENE |
| KOA Marina Side CampgroundCaravan site | 7.4 km SW |
| Fay's RV ParkCaravan site | 7.4 km SW |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 86% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 1.8% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 544 m low point 1,804 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Where Bear Lake sits
- Region
- Idaho14United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Bear Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-02)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)