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Welcome to Bear Flat ...

A typical abbreviation for Bear Flat: Bear Flt.

Bear Flat is 1,590 feet [485 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Bear Flat lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: MST- Heure Normale des Rocheuses (HNR), MDT- Heure Avancée des Rocheuses (HAR).

Note: If you travel east from Bear Flat (for example, toward Fort Saint John), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Codes for Bear Flat: 250, 236, 257, 672 & 778<2>

Communities Also Named Bear Flat ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Bear Flat - it's located in Arizona.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bear Flat.

Communities near Bear Flat ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bear Flat.

  • Fort Saint John
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Attachie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attachie
  • Charlie Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Clairmont
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Grand Haven
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Farrell Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Montney
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montney
  • Murdale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdale
  • North Pine
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Pine came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pine
  • Baldonnel
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bear Flat ...

Looking for more information about Bear Flat? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bear Flat, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bear Flat.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bear Flat - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 250 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 236, 257, 672 or 778. New phone numbers in the Bear Flat area will be assigned with one of these codes: 250, 236, 257, 672 or 778. As a result, placing a call in the Bear Flat area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.