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Welcome to Bear Lake Hot Springs ...

Bear Lake Hot Springs is located in Bear Lake County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Bear Lake Hot Springs: Bear Lk. Hot Spgs. (or less commonly used: Bear Lk. Hot Spngs. or Bear Lk. Hot Sprngs.)

Bear Lake Hot Springs is 5,950 feet [1,814 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Bear Lake Hot Springs is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Bear Lake Hot Springs lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Bear Lake Hot Springs: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Bear Lake Hot Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bear Lake Hot Springs.

  • Montpelier
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Garden City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cokeville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Paris
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Paris is located in Bear Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <4>
  • Laketown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Bloomington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Charles
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Pickelville ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickelville
    • Pickelville is located in Rich County (UT)
  • Dingle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Fish Haven
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bear Lake Hot Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bear Lake Hot Springs.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bear Lake Hot Springs. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bear Lake Hot Springs.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bear Lake Hot Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Bear Lake Hot Springs.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bear Lake Hot Springs ...

Looking for more information about Bear Lake Hot Springs? 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 Lake Hot Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bear Lake Hot Springs.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Bear Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bear Lake Hot Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Bear Lake Hot Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Bear Lake Hot Springs area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.