Bear Lake (Idaho) facts for kids

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Location	Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates	44°08′16″N 114°41′40″W / 44.137826°N 114.694503°W / 44.137826; -114.694503
Type	Glacial
Primary outflows	Bear Lake Creek Warm Springs Creek to Salmon River
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	120 m (390 ft)
Max. width	70 m (230 ft)
Surface elevation	2,720 m (8,920 ft)

Bear Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 671 along Warm Springs Creek.

Bear Lake is just north of Watson Peak and west of, but in a different basin from, Swimm Lake.