Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Easy Bird Watching from the Road

We planned an overnight stay in Montpelier and drove the gravel road at the end of Bear Lake, just based on the previous reviews. The number of new birds to us was incredible! We had stopped at Bear ...

Beautiful scenery all around, new birds for us

About 10 miles from Montpelier, on a good gravel road about 5 miles long, clearly marked with auto route signs, you can see a large variety of water fowl in peaceful wetlands. Surrounding mountain sc...

Scenic Overlook

Stopped here for the view, which was excellent. Viewing area was located by the Park information center. Lake area was also a place where Mountain Men would have a yearly rendezvous.

Part of our route to explore the old west on dual sport motorcycles

The dirt roads through the wildlife refuge were part of our route to explore the old west on dual sport motorcycles. Tranquil but not exceptional, compared to other places in five states and 2700 mile...

Bear Lake

What can I say? God invented a special blue for Bear Lake. It is so beautiful with the mountains as a backdrop. Only negative was that it was literally full. Signs up telling travelers it was closed u...