Facts about Bear Lake
Bear Lake itself is 20 miles long and 8 miles wide with half of the lake in Idaho and half in Utah. The lake is a water sports Mecca attracting boaters, water skiers, and beach lovers from all over the country.
All that inviting water is hard to resist. Swimmers will enjoy a two-mile-long beach on the north end of the lake, plus a 1-1/2 mile beach on the east side. The gradual slope of the lake bottom provides an enormous swimming area. Ramps are available for boaters and water skiers who want to enjoy the water, too. Anglers can try for a native cutthroat or lake trout in the summer. In the winter, they can come back with buckets and nets when the Bonneville cisco run. The fish is found nowhere else on Earth.
Basic Bear Lake Vitals:
- 5,923 ft.
- Length: 20 miles
- Width: 8 miles
- Shoreline: 48 miles
- Surface: 112 sq. miles
- Depth: 208 ft.
- Volume: 6.5 million acre ft.
Did You Know?
- Bear Lake has more endemic fish (species of fish living naturally & only in one place) than any other lake in North America such as Bonneville Cisco, Bonneville Whitefish, Bear Lake Whitefish & the Bear Lake Monster!
- Limestone particles suspended in the water is what gives Bear Lake it's unique turquoise-blue color.
- Bear Lake is the second largest fresh water lake in Utah.
- Bear Lake has somewhat alkaline water chemisty with a pH of approximately 8.6.