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     You can take a little tour to Bear Creek Dam since you're here at Bear Creek Lake, and Sapphire Valley Resort is a perfect site to get some rest. So many amusing things to do here at Bear Creek Lake, too great to be true. Here at Bear Creek Lake you'll perhaps meet some folks from Brevard. Mill Cove is a great site to have a look at right next door to Bear Creek Lake, and a great place for whitewater paddling is Tuckasegee River.
Summertime brings highs
 
   in the 80's to Bear Creek Lake. When the night sets in temperatures fall down into the 60's. Through the wintertime highs are typically in the 40's, and overnight lows at Bear Creek Lake throughout the wintertime generally plunge into the 20's. This lake is so wonderful. The vista of stunning Bear Knob near Bear Creek Lake is great, and don't leave Bear Creek Lake without first going for a hike along the Foothills Trail. If you like the outdoors, you'll have  
               a thing about Bear Creek Lake. If you came for an overnight stay Wolf Creek Overlook is a good spot to camp; dry warm beds await you at Best Western Smoky Mountain Inn.
Nearby lakes? Sure, Tuckasegee Lake is in close proximity to Bear Creek Lake, and you can run the rapids of Tuckasegee River - West Fork. There's no way somebody can get bored here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Visit Bear Creek since you're here at Bear Creek Lake; going for a hike on the Whiteside Mountain National Recreation Trail is always a tremendous adventure. Bear Creek Lake is one of the lakes here in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
This lake is so wonderful. Looking for something in the neighborhood of Bear Creek Lake? Cedar Cliff Lake is in the neighborhood, and you can go for a hike on the Shortoff Mountain Trail. Bear Creek Lake is a rather wet place generally with lots of precipitation; of all the months in a year March is the one with the most rain, and the driest of the months is October. Yep, outdoors entertaining stuff truly is bountiful here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Why not camp at Singing waters Camping Resort while you're here at Bear Creek Lake; hey, Gotta ski right? Cataloochee is a great place to do that.

 
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Current weather conditions at Bear Creek Lake, Blue Ridge Mountains, Jackson County, North Carolina
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Local climate location: CULLOWHEE 3 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 35.24167
Longitude: -83.07167

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These outdoors activities are available near Bear Creek Lake.
 Hotels Near Bear Creek Lake:
Sapphire Valley Resort, Sapphire, 7 miles away
Best Western Smoky Mountain Inn, Waynesville, 13 miles away
The Inn at Half Mile Farm, Highlands, 14 miles away
Old Edwards Inn and Spa, Highlands, 14 miles away
The Waynesville Inn Golf Resort and Spa, Waynesville, 14 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Bear Creek Lake:
Singing waters Camping Resort, Tuckasegee, 5 miles away
Wolf Creek Overlook, Tuckasegee, 7 miles away
Arrowmont Stables and Cabins, Cullowhee, 8 miles away
Westridge, Lake Toxaway, 10 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Bear Creek Lake:
Cataloochee, North Carolina, 16 miles away
      740 vertical feet
Scaly Mountain, North Carolina, 21 miles away
      225 vertical feet
Sky Valley, Georgia, 26 miles away
      210 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Bear Creek Lake:
Tuckasegee River - West Fork, Jackson CountyCounty, 5 miles away
      Class III-IV+(V) - 9.5 miles long (Thorpe Dam to Tuckasegee River)
Tuckasegee River, Jackson CountyCounty, 6 miles away
      Class I-II(III) - 9.4 miles long (Cedar Cliff Reservior to Cullowhee)
Tuckasegee River, Jackson CountyCounty, 6 miles away
      Class III-V - 4.5 miles long (Above Tanasee Creek Reservoir)
 National Parks Near Bear Creek Lake:
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg - TN, 40 miles away
Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville - NC, 41 miles away
 Trails Near Bear Creek Lake:
Whiteside Mountain National Recreation Trail, Jackson County, 10 miles away
Shortoff Mountain Trail, Macon County, 10 miles away
Foothills Trail, Oconee County, 13 miles away
 Lakes Near Bear Creek Lake:
Cedar Cliff Lake, Jackson CountyCounty, 2 miles away
Tuckasegee Lake, Jackson CountyCounty, 4 miles away

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