20 Great Things to do near Bear Lake [Utah and Idaho]

Bear Lake is a gorgeous lake on the border of Utah and Idaho. In this video, we'll take you to Tremonton, Utah to see the home of the Candy Bomber. Then we'll see some smaller towns like Brigham City and Logan before driving through Logan Canyon to see beautiful Bear Lake.
From Bear Lake, we'll see some Old West sights like the Oregon Trail Center in Montpelier, Idaho, the bank that Butch Cassidy robbed, and Soda Springs, where pioneers along the Oregon Trail used to stop to make soda pop!
Then it's off to Preston, Idaho, where Napoleon Dynamite was filmed! Finally, we'll soak in some hot springs in Lava Hot Springs before finishing up at the Golden Spike National Historic site.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:16 Preview
0:41 Map Overview
1:06 Tremonton, UT
2:36 Candy Bomber
5:27 Brigham City, UT
7:07 Mantua, UT
7:40 Logan, UT
8:47 Logan Canyon
9:44 Bear Lake
10:34 Pickleville Playhouse
10:46 Raspberry Days
10:56 Laketown Rodeo
11:32 ATV Ride
12:51 Bloomington Lake
13:37 Montpelier, ID
13:45 Oregon Trail Center
15:03 Butch Cassidy Bank
15:51 Preston, ID
17:09 Soda Springs, ID
18:54 Lava Hot Springs, ID
19:34 Downata Hot Springs
19:49 Golden Spike National Historic Site
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[@Filiku]

We love Utah and Utah history! Cool video! Thanks for sharing. I was sad to hear the Candy Bomber passed away (3 days after this video was uploaded) RIP Gail

[@jamesansell4081]

What a beautiful country, thanks for sharing!!! I would love to experience it for myself, maybe one day...( From South Africa)

[@WereintheRockies]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mojave7025]

Thank you for making this video. We are taking our two toddlers on a vacation up to the Bear Lake area, and this video helped a ton with ideas. Much appreciated :)

[@WereintheRockies]

Glad it was helpful! Have fun.

[@soniakolesar6703]

I really enjoy listening to your voice, when I was in school my mind would wander! Wish I had a teacher like you, your very interesting to listen to, I always enjoy you and your wife’s vlogs.

[@WereintheRockies]

Wow, thank you!

[@susanpratt3290]

Love your video, especially since I am a Utah State Alumna, I attended USU from 9\1978 to 8\1982, and got my degree the following June 1983, after I spent 1982-1983 Ski Season working at Alta Ski Lifts as a Ticket Seller, best job ever. Lived up at Alta. Also spent time at Bear Lake, Tony Grove Lake and Logan Canyon, up into Idaho, Jackson Hole, and Helena Montana, for the February 1979, Solar Eclipse - School Field Trip. Saw totality in the grass range area.

[@WereintheRockies]

Thanks for sharing!

[@wncjan]

Great video. I visited Bear Lake back in 2006 heading north from Sslt Lake City to Yellowstone and again in 2013 going in the opposite direction. I love that Montpelier celebrate that the local bank was robbed by Butch Cassidy and his gang. 😀 My favorite town in Idaho though is Island Park. This is the only place I have been where the city office shares building with a gas station/general store, or maybe Wallace with the famous sewer cover and the bordello museum 😉

[@WereintheRockies]

Glad you liked it.

[@michaelshamman7780]

Loved the video and I've done parts of this drive many times. One of my favorite spots is Minnetonka Cave just northwest of Bear Lake.

[@DC8223]

Awesome vlog! 🙂

[@WereintheRockies]

Thank you!! 😁

[@Kathy-yi7xu]

great video

[@WereintheRockies]

Thanks!

[@brendalee798]

After moving from Davis Co., Utah to OC, CA my Dr’s family long ago came from Paris, Idaho. Yep, that one stop sign town. His great or great great grandfather had settled there with his many wives. Dr was surprised I knew where that town was (Bear Lake).

[@WereintheRockies]

That's great, not too many people do 😊

[@CleonesMontana]

#ChicShowMcs especial todos

[@larrydraper4451]

Just more reasons to visit Utah. I had planned a trip in 2020 that included the Big 5 and Logan Pass but covid, and my doctor, said stay home. So much to see in Utah that I may need a whole month to view it all. What time of year is best to travel the entire state and staying in campgrounds only? I love small towns, they are so interesting. Thanks for another great video and information source.

[@steveevans9342]

June or September

[@WereintheRockies]

You're welcome. Some great months would be May, June, or September.

[@sunshineviking9933]

Great video, but to correct a small error...The Berlin Airlift didn't take place until mid-1948, three years after the end of World War II.

[@WereintheRockies]

Oh yes, I definitely misspoke there. Thanks!

[@MediocreOriginals]

hit the sawtooth national forest in Idaho it is the largest national forest in the lower 48 and the mountains and streams will blow your mind best kept secret is right if you want the best trip go to ketchum idaho up to stanely Id all part and inbetween will take your breath away, ketchum is an hour north of twin falls if you havent hit this area you missed the best national forest in the united states

[@WereintheRockies]

More thoroughly exploring Idaho is on our to-do list. Thanks for the idea

[@exploringidaho]

@@WereintheRockies Actually the Frank Church Wilderness ,a collection of many connecting national forests, is the largest federally managed wilderness in the United States outside of Alaska. The Sawtooth area is gorgeous, but not the largest nor in the Frank Church.

[@chadluke5454]

I have never said LAHVA; I have always pronounced it LAVA.

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