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485 North Bear Lake Road, Garden City, UT 84028
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Bear Lake/Garden City KOA Campground
3.0 of 5 stars 8 Reviews
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Salt Lake City, Utah
1 review
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“DO NOT PUT ONE STEP ON BEAR LAKE KOA CAMPGROUND (GARDEN CITY,UT)”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 July 2010
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My wife and I and another family who is friends of ours arrived at KOA campground in Bear Lake around 1 a.m. on July 27th 2010. The office was completely unattended and there were no registration forms or pricing in sight. We drove in and wandered around to find a spot. We ended up parking our CARS in a "camper" zone (w/hookups). Very rough terrain and broken glass in some parts.
Overall we were just happy to get out of the car.

We started a fire and simply sat next to it chatting for the rest of the night. Around 4 a.m. a guy in a yellow shirt(Apparently from KOA) came yelling to us and threatening that he was going to call the cops if we didn't go to bed in 3 minutes!!! (We are all adults by the way) He then said he wanted us out by 7a.m. that morning. The dimwit then hosed down our fire and left.
No sign of him in the morning to file a formal complaint.

We then were charged $47 for not knowing where to park regular vehicles. We never used any of the facilities.

This has been the WORST night @ a campground I've ever had in 20 years!!!

  • Stayed July 2010, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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San Jose, CA
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4 reviews 4 reviews
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“We enjoyed our stay at this KOA”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 June 2009
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person found this review helpful

We stayed in a Cabin at the Bear Lake KOA and were quite happy with our stay.
We found the Cabin and the Bathrooms to be Super clean and the staff to be friendly and helpful. We actually killed our car battery the morning we were leaving and the staff was very helpful in getting us going again.
My only complaints would be that the pool could have used a cleaning (however, it was very early in the season and there had been a lot of rain and wind recently so this could be easily overlooked) and the fact that we had to Pay to use the Jump Pillow. I have not encountered that at other KOAs.
Oh and the "free Wi Fi" did not work.
It also felt a bit less secure than other KOAs - we were able to drive through without any notice before checking in, but the area is very quiet and seemed very safe so that was probably fine.

Overall we found it to be a pleasant little spot to spend a few days relaxing in the middle of our trip.

  • Stayed June 2009, travelled with family
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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utah
1 review
“Could anything else go wrong???”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 May 2009

From the moment we arrived, things started going wrong. Our reservation was messed up and we didn't get the cabin we had reserved. So, after letting them know there was no hot tub in our backyard (we were not aware of this until we had moved all of our stuff into the cabin), we moved all of our things to the cabin next door. After making the bed and unpacking, we realized that the electricity (meaning no fridge or microwave or lights or heater) worked on one side of the cabin. So, we called the manager and he came to work on it. After another hour-and-a-half, he determined that things were not going to get fixed until Monday (it was Sat.) so we should probably move back into the first cabin we were in and just walk over to the backyard of this "faulty" cabin to use the hot tub. While he was working on things, we found several large sized bugs in the cabin, and I walked outside to see the hot tub and lifted the cover and got such a horrible, burning sensation in my lungs and nose when I lifted it, that I couldn't breathe properly for 20 minutes. So, we moved back to the first cabin, and found that for the remainder of the trip we had no hot water, no wireless internet as promised and two pesky, annoying dogs in the yard right behind us that bark incessantly throughout the morning from about 6-11 am. The only redeeming part was that the manager credited a large portion of our bill back to us, but I wouldn't have stayed there for free if I would've known the hassles ahead of us. Boo on KOA. Never again.

  • Stayed May 2009, travelled as a couple
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Boise, ID
2 reviews
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8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
“KOA at Bear Lake”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 August 2005
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people found this review helpful

The KOA at Bear Lake was great. There was a swimming pool, miniture golf, pancake breakfast, and hay rack ride. The children enjoyed it tremendously. It's just across the road from the lake itself so there is easy beach access. The trees there aren't much for shade b/c they have not fully matured yet. Would highly recommend it for camping.

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485 North Bear Lake Road, Garden City, UT 84028
Price range (per night):* INR1,789 - 7,773

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