1Bear Valley
Ski resort near Bear Valley, Alpine County, California, United States.
Attractions near Bear Valley
A ski area to see in Bear Valley: Bear Valley
Some 4.3M visitors a year come to Yosemite National Park. Only one place to visit is inside Bear Valley, but 11 more are within 40 miles. Among them are 5 ski areas, 2 state parks and a national park. Lake Tahoe, 42 mi away, is the best-known day out.
Attractions nearby
38
within 60 miles
The big one
29 mi
Yosemite National Park
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
12
Bear Valley
Big draws
3
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Park · 29 mi southeast
Yosemite National Park
National park in California, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
The layout
The list reaches out to Hetch Hetchy, 39 mi away.
Orange: Bear Valley. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Place after place
The town has one; within 60 miles, the list finds 37 more.
2Yosemite National Park
National park in California, United States.
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7Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley
Ski resort in Placer County, California, United States.
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9Calaveras Big Trees State Park
California state park with groves of giant sequoias.
10Donner Memorial State Park
State park and memorial in California, United States.
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Kirkwood Mountain Resort
Ski area in California, United States.
Dodge Ridge Ski Area
Ski area near Pinecrest, California in Tuolumne County.
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
State historic park in Jamestown, California, USA.
Homewood Ski Area
Ski area located on the west shore of Lake Tahoe.
Glacier Point Trailside Museum
Place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places.
Sierra Point
Point in Yosemite National Park at the eastern end of the valley.
The places inside Bear Valley lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Bear Valley →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Bear Valley: Shayan Sanyal, CC BY 2.0 · Lake Tahoe: Lara Farhadi, CC BY 2.0 · Yosemite National Park: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Half Dome: Jon Sullivan, Public domain · Hetch Hetchy: Vulpinus2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Donner Lake: J.smith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley: Jonnyboyca at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Yosemite Falls: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Calaveras Big Trees State Park: John J. O'Brien (talk · contribs), Public domain · Donner Memorial State Park: Joe Parks from Berkeley, CA, CC BY 2.0 · Glacier Point: Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taft Point: Dave from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Mount Rose Ski Tahoe: Beesmill, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Desolation Wilderness: Phreakdigital at English Wikipedia, GFDL · Emerald Bay State Park: Michael, CC BY 2.0 · Stanislaus National Forest: U.S. National Park Service, Public domain · Horsetail Fall: Ambitious Wench, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Kirkwood Mountain Resort: Gabeguss, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tunnel View: Amysey, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Vernal Fall: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nevada Fall: self, Public domain · Dodge Ridge Ski Area: IanGad, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bridalveil Fall: Walter Siegmund (talk · contribs), CC BY 2.5 · Railtown 1897 State Historic Park: Ed Bierman, CC BY 2.0 · Olmsted Point: Eeekster, CC BY 3.0 · Yosemite Museum: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eddy Arboretum: United States Forest Service, Public domain · Glacier Point Trailside Museum: Wearsunscreen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: Junkyardsparkle, CC0 · Sierra Point: Wingchi Poon, CC BY-SA 3.0
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