Bear Lake Monster Winterfest
Garden City, UT · Festival
- When
- January 29–30, 2027
- Where
- Utah Bear Lake State Park Marina · Garden City · UT
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
A two day winter festival at Bear Lake with a costume parade and lake plunge, a chili cook-off, a cardboard boat regatta, a 5K, winter sports and trails day, a raffle, and evening fireworks. Events are held at the state park marina, Sunrise Resort and Logan Canyon. Proceeds support The Family Place, with help from local chamber and park partners.
The history within reach
- Napoleon Dynamite26 mi
A film made in the director's own small hometown, using the real high school, the real streets and a cast largely of locals, about the particular boredom of a place like it.
- The Sandlot58 mi
The public swimming pool where Squints fakes drowning to kiss the lifeguard is a real 1930s pool in Ogden, still open every summer, still with the high lifeguard chair.
The Union Pacific and Central Pacific lines met on May 10, 1869, reducing the coast-to-coast journey from months to about a week..
- The golden spike64 mi
The Central Pacific and Union Pacific met here and the country was joined by rail.
- Piedmont65 mi
A Union Pacific wood-and-water stop where three beehive charcoal kilns still stand beside the abandoned grade.