Print it. Bag it. Bring it.Phones die, screens crack, and most of this water has no signal. Print this map, fold it into a zip-top bag or dry bag with your license, and you have a backup your electronics can’t give you. Every marker is numbered so you can say exactly where you are.
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Beach (Bear Lake State Park, Idaho) Idaho State Parks · two boat ramps · day use only | Access / boat ramp | 42.11960, -111.29815 | Idaho's north-end unit: over a mile of sand, two ramps, life-jacket loaner station, picnic tables and restrooms. Day use 7am-10pm; a parking day pass is sold separately. Ramp position is the mapped slipway. |
| 2 | North Beach Rentals Boat and PWC rental · 535 Eastshore Rd, St Charles ID | Outfitter / canoe rental | 42.10908, -111.26574 | Bear Lake Fun's Idaho-shore rental base, on site at the north-east corner. Boats, Sea-Doos and non-motorised craft; no bait or tackle advertised. Trading per the operator's own 2026 locations page. |
| 3 | Mountain Fawn Campground (Bear Lake State Park, Idaho) Idaho State Parks · 5687 Eastshore Rd, St Charles | Campsite | 42.03165, -111.25827 | Lakeshore camping on the Idaho east shore: restrooms, picnic tables, fire rings, dump station and group sites; reservation only. The park's own pages still call this stretch East Beach in places. |
| 4 | Mountain Fawn Day Use Area ramp (Idaho) Idaho State Parks · small boat ramp · day use 7am-10pm | Access / boat ramp | 42.02733, -111.25925 | The day-use half of the Mountain Fawn (East Beach) unit: beach access, a small boat ramp, life-jacket loaner station, restrooms and three reservable group shelters. Shares its entrance with the campground. |
| 5 | Sage Springs Beach (Bear Lake State Park, Idaho) Idaho State Parks · 6419 Eastshore Rd · no ramp | Access / boat ramp | 42.01852, -111.25968 | Day-use beach with two large parking areas, north and south, and restrooms at both. Shore access only - Idaho State Parks names no ramp here. Primitive campsites sit just south at 7031 Eastshore Rd. |
| 6 | North Eden Campground (Bear Lake State Park, Utah) Utah State Parks · 9705 N Cisco Rd, Laketown · approx. May-Oct | Campsite | 41.99948, -111.26171 | The northernmost Utah eastside unit, about 13 miles up Cisco Road from SR-30. Utah State Parks says the rebuilt campground will be renamed Border Campground; check the park page before relying on the site count. |
| 7 | Rainbow Cove launch ramp (Bear Lake State Park, Utah) Utah State Parks · 7739 N Cisco Rd · ramp open year round | Access / boat ramp | 41.96852, -111.27226 | Eastside launch ramp with primitive campsites above it. Under a phased rebuild: new access road, expanded trailer parking and a new day-use beach; the ramp itself stays open year round. Ramp position is the mapped slipway. |
| 8 | Cisco Beach (Bear Lake State Park, Utah) Utah State Parks · 7175 N Cisco Rd · low-water ramp | Access / boat ramp | 41.95420, -111.27720 | Rocky beach-front camping with a low-water ramp at the south end of the campground; vault toilets, no hook-ups, first-come in summer. The January Bonneville cisco dip-netting happens off this shore. Coordinate is the park's own. |
| 9 | South Eden Campground (Bear Lake State Park, Utah) Utah State Parks · 5829 N Cisco Rd · approx. May-Oct | Campsite | 41.93167, -111.28323 | Twenty individual sites with power and water plus two group sites, about 8 miles north of the SR-30 junction on Cisco Road. The park's pages name no launch ramp here. |
| 10 | First Point (Bear Lake State Park, Utah) Utah State Parks · 2815 N Cisco Rd · four-lane ramp | Access / boat ramp | 41.87530, -111.29550 | Day-use launching area at the south end of the eastside road, about 4 miles up Cisco Road: four-lane ramp and a small picnic area south of it, no overnight facilities. Open year round. Coordinate is the park's own. |
| 11 | Rendezvous Beach campgrounds (Bear Lake State Park, Utah) Utah State Parks · 1220 N Bear Lake Blvd, Laketown | Campsite | 41.84320, -111.34900 | Four campgrounds behind the south beach - Birch and Big Creek full hook-up, Cottonwood tent-only, Willow group-only - plus the day-use beach. Usually open late April to late October. Coordinate is the park's own for the whole unit. |
| 12 | Rendezvous Beach Rentals Bear Lake Fun concession · inside Rendezvous Beach | Outfitter / canoe rental | 41.84796, -111.35224 | On-site boat, Sea-Doo and non-motorised rental plus fast food and camping cabins, inside the state park at the south end. No street number is published - the operator gives the location as 2 miles west of Laketown. |
| 13 | Rendezvous Beach launch ramp (Bear Lake State Park, Utah) Utah State Parks · 2 miles NW of Laketown on SR-30 | Access / boat ramp | 41.84812, -111.35223 | The south-shore ramp, beside the concession. Utah's 2009 statewide boat-ramp inventory records a Rendezvous Beach ramp 0.8 km east of this mapped slipway; the park's current pages describe the beach but name no ramp, so check status. |
| 14 | Bear Lake State Park office (Utah) Utah State Parks · 940 N Bear Lake Blvd, Garden City | Agency / conservation office | 41.96370, -111.39930 | Park headquarters for all three Utah areas - Marina, Rendezvous Beach and the Eastside - at the marina. Phone 435-946-3343. Coordinate is the park's own. |
| 15 | USGS 10055000 - Bear Lake at State Park Marina USGS lake-level gauge · near Garden City, UT | USGS gauge | 41.96592, -111.39818 | The lake-elevation record the water page reads. Site type LK; identity and position confirmed against the USGS site service, and the coordinate is the roster's own rather than a hand-typed one. |
| 16 | Bear Lake State Park Marina (Utah) Utah State Parks · 940 N Bear Lake Blvd, Garden City · seven-lane ramp | Access / boat ramp | 41.96519, -111.39846 | The lake's main launch: seven lanes, open year round, gates 6am-11pm, with 361 leased slips and 21 nightly rental slips. Concession rentals, fuel and food on site. The marina is under a phased expansion. Ramp position is the mapped slipway. |
| 17 | Swan Creek mouth — Utah tributary-mouth area Utah DWR special-regulation area · Bear Lake tributaries, Rich County | Regulation section limit | 41.98469, -111.40761 | Utah's Bear Lake tributaries entry bounds an area of the lake itself here: 'that area extending from the mouth out into the lake 1,000 feet, or as buoyed'. Seasonal; this site does not restate regulations - read the Utah guidebook. |
Gauge: USGS 10055000 — BEAR LAKE AT STATE PARK MARINA NR GARDEN CITY, UT. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Bonneville Cisco, Bonneville Whitefish, Cutthroat Trout, Lake Trout
Regulations: wildlife.utah.gov/guidebooks.html
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Bear Lake State Park Marina at Garden City: the main Utah access.
Rendezvous Beach on the south shore: camping and launching.
Cisco Beach on the east shore: the rocky shoreline and the January cisco run.
Idaho state park access at North Beach and East Beach.
Garden City and Laketown have services and rentals.
The lake is shared between two states with separate regulations.
Note: high elevation and open water. Weather changes quickly here.
Winter: the cisco run in January and the best lake trout fishing of the year.
Spring: cutthroat and lake trout accessible as the water warms.
Summer: deep lake trout, warm weather and heavy recreational traffic.
Fall: cooling water, feeding trout and the lake quiet again.