Bear Canyon Lake Recreation Area — Attraction in Four Corners States

Beautiful. Just beautiful.

My first memories of camping as a child are riddled with images of this lake. I remember hunting grasshoppers as a little boy, hoping to use one as bait to catch a big rainbow trout to eat for dinner. My dad taught me how to clean and gut the fish, and then my mother would grill them with a little bit of butter and squirt some lemon on it just as it was ready to be served. I'm now thirty years old, and I still have the red and white fishing pole that I used back then to catch my first fish. Bear Canyon Lake is a magical place that I will...

Bear canyon lake is beautiful. The road to get there is really really rough, take it slow and expect it to take a while. The parking lot is sufficient, but not huge. The hike down is not very long but has a few steep spots. I had to help my 3 year old most of the time, but my 6 year old was just fine. People were swimming and fishing. The shoreline was ok, but if the water level were raised it wouldn't have a lot of flat area to set while...

I don't know what it is about this one lake that brings in the nasty, human trash. After a weekend all the spots at the base of the trail are covered in garbage. On the plus side the trail around the lake is nice and a 15 min walk in either direction will quickly take you out of range of the people who are to lazy to pick up...