Bear Lake State Park

Current Conditions

Last Updated: January 20, 2025

Park Roads

OPEN


Day-Use

  • Marina: OPEN
    Open year-round
  • Rendezvous Beach: CLOSED for the winter season.
    We anticipate opening this facility on or before May 1, 2025.
  • First Point: OPEN
    Open year-round
  • Cisco Beach: OPEN
    Open year-round
  • Rainbow Cove: OPEN with access to the launch ramp.
  • South Eden: CLOSED for the winter season.
    We anticipate opening this facility on or before May 1, 2025.
  • North Eden: CLOSED for the winter season.
    We anticipate opening this facility on or before May 1, 2025.

Launch Ramps

  • Marina: OPEN
  • First Point: OPEN
    ADVISORY: We have pulled out the ramp dock out of the water to avoid damage to the dock because of ice.
  • Cisco Beach: OPEN
    ADVISORY: We highly recommend the use of a 4wd vehicle to use this location. We have pulled out the ramp dock out of the water to avoid damage to the dock because of ice.
  • Rainbow Cove: OPEN with access to the launch ramp.
    ADVISORY: We have pulled out the ramp dock out of the water to avoid damage to the dock because of ice.
  • Rendezvous Beach: CLOSED for the winter season. We anticipate opening this facility on or before May 1, 2025.

Learn more about other Utah State Parks boat ramp conditions HERE.


Campgrounds

  • Rendezvous Beach (Big Creek, Birch, Cottonwood, and Willow campgrounds): CLOSED for the winter season.
    We anticipate opening this facility on or before May 1, 2025.
  • Cisco Beach: OPEN
    Primitive campsites, first come, first serve. Open year-round.   
  • Rainbow Cove (Sunset campground): CLOSED for construction.
    ADVISORY:  We hope to have access to the 24 new campsites before Memorial Day weekend 2025. 
  • South Eden: CLOSED for the winter season.
    Open approximately May 1 through October 31.  We anticipate opening this facility on or before May 1, 2025.
  • North Eden (Border campground): CLOSED for the winter season.
    Open approximately May 1 through October 31. We anticipate opening this facility on or before May 1, 2025.

Water Temperature

@ 33.8 degrees as measured in the Bear Lake State Park Marina.  

Ice is starting to form in the marina and on the lake. The de-icers have been turned on in the main channel.

With the cold, cold temperatures, ice may be setting fast and the de-icers may not be able to keep the ice from building up.


Water Level (Lake Elevation)

Current elevation: @ 5917.60′.
Full elevation: 5923.65′.

  • 2025 High elevation: 5917.60′
  • 2024/25 Low elevation: 5917.30′
  • 2024 High elevation: 5920.20′
  • 2023/24 Low elevation: 5916.10′
  • 2023 High elevation: 5917.20′
  • 2022/23 Low elevation: 5909.70′

Air Temperature

This past week:

  • The daytime high temperatures have ranged from the LOW 30s to the MID Teens.
  • The nighttime low temperatures have ranged from the LOW 20s to the MINUS SINGLE DIGITs.

Lake Surface

OPEN — Some ice.


Ice Thickness

See note above.


Ice Safety

Ice is Never 100% Safe! — Do not judge ice safety on thickness alone. Ice does not form or maintain a uniform thickness. Snow, wind, slush, temperature, and other factors can cause ice thickness and strength to vary greatly, even within inches. Recreate on the ice at your own risk and verify ice thickness as you head out. Click here for more ice safety tips.


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