Conditions Right Now
Why Go
The color is not a trick of the light. Calcium carbonate stays suspended in the water here, which is why a lake sitting at 5,930 feet reads Caribbean rather than alpine. The state park is really three separate areas, the Marina, Rendezvous Beach on the south shore, and the Eastside run that takes in Cisco Beach and Rainbow Cove, so decide which shore you want before you drive. At 20 miles long and 208 feet deep, the scale is closer to an inland sea than a reservoir.
Do this: Boating, beaches, raspberry shakes, ice fishing for cisco
Family note: Sandy beaches + shakes = happy kids
Fees and hours: stateparks.utah.gov
Yes, You Can Fish Here
This park has fishing. Bring the loadout:
Closest waters: Bear Lake (Fishing, 4 mi) · Logan River 1st-3rd Dams (Fishing, 25 mi) · Logan River (Fishing, 25 mi) · Blacksmith Fork River (Fishing, 30 mi)
Build Your Day
Add to the trip: Sunrise Campground (Bear Lake) (Camping, 4 mi) · Rendezvous Beach (Bear Lake SP) (Camping, 9 mi) · White Pine Lake (Logan) (Hike, 12 mi) · Tony Grove Campground (Camping, 13 mi)
Quick Answers
- What is there to do at Bear Lake State Park?
- Boating, beaches, raspberry shakes, ice fishing for cisco
- Is Bear Lake State Park good for kids?
- Sandy beaches + shakes = happy kids
- Why visit Bear Lake State Park?
- Bear Lake earns its nickname honestly: suspended calcium carbonate turns the water turquoise. Come in January and it turns into something else entirely, when Bonneville cisco spawn close to shore and people net them for a window of about two weeks.