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Lake · Colorado

Bear Lake

2,892 m9,488 ft
Area
0.04 km²
Tonight
36°FFair · Wind 7–12 mph SW

Bear Lake is a lake at 2,892 m above sea level in Colorado, United States, 0.04 km² in area and 0.3 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
2,892 m
Length
0.3 km
Shoreline
0.8 km
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Lake

Bear Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

0.3 km longest50 mN ↑
Shoreline
0.8 km≈15 min to walk around
3D map

Bear Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Bear Lake terrain and contours

50 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Bear Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Bear Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 36°F (2°C) · 5% chance of precipitation · Wind 7–12 mph SW

Bear Lake forecast for about 3,048 m.

  • Tonight36°5%7–12 mph SW
  • Sat32°39°32%7–14 mph SE
  • Sun33°44°74%7 mph SSE
  • Mon32°42°37%2–9 mph W
  • Tue32°46°12%7–16 mph WSW
  • Wed32°45°5%6–20 mph WSW
  • Thu33°46°5%5–12 mph WSW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:46 UTC.

Camping & parking

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 trailhead

    Bear Lake Trailhead

    0.2 km SE · +2 more within 2.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    Glacier Gorge Junction

    0.7 km ESE · +2 more within 2.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Upper Mill Creek

    2.5 km NNE · +2 more within 2.9 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Bear Lake TrailheadTrailhead0.2 km SE
Parking0.4 km ESE
Glacier Gorge TrailheadTrailhead0.7 km ESE
Glacier Gorge JunctionParking0.7 km ESE
Bierstadt Lake TrailheadTrailhead2.2 km ENE
Parking2.2 km ENE
Upper Mill CreekCampsite2.5 km NNE
Campsite2.5 km NNE
Sourdough CampsiteCampsite2.9 km WNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 50% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
50.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
34.4%
Steep, 30–45°
12.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
3.3%
Steeper than 30°
15.3% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
887 m low point 2,696 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 86.8%Bare rock / sparse 5.6%Moss & lichen 4.3%Grassland 2.2%Water 0.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Bear Lake sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Rocky Mountains104Front Range15
Region
Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Protected area
Rocky Mountain National Park5
Nearby

Nearby places

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (scene 2024-07-29)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia