5637 E. Shore Rd., Montpelier, ID, 83272

You expect a lake to be blue, but turquoise? That's the color of Bear Lake, the 20-mile-long body of water that straddles the Idaho-Utah border.

370 Webster St., Montpelier, ID, 83254

Bear Lake Refuge is located in southeast Idaho, seven miles south of Montpelier. Surrounded by mountains, it lies in Bear Lake Valley at an elevation ranging from 5,925 feet on the marsh to 6,800 feet on the rocky slopes of Merkley Mountain. The refuge office ... more