| Official Name: | Bear Lake, Indiana |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community and Census designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Bear Lake |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Noble |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Noble |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.550372 |
| Pop Est Footnotes: | [1] |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Est: | 232 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 41.3242°N -85.5153°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 896 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 46701 |
| Area Code: | 260 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 2830477 |
Bear Lake is a lakeside community in Noble Township, Noble County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Points of interest include Bear Lake Camp, Bear Lake Church, Elwood H. Thomas Public Beach, and Merry Lea Environmental Center.[2]
Bear Lake Camp is a Christian summer camp for students entering grades 2–12.[3] Bear Lake Camp is also the location of the Bear Lake Church.
The Elwood H. Thomas Public Beach is a public beach run and kept up by the East Shore Property Owners Association. It is the only privately owned public beach in the state of Indiana.[4]
Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College is located just south of Wolflake at Bear Lake in Noble County, Indiana. Merry Lea is the largest privately held land reserve in the state of Indiana. The center serves as a field laboratory for students at Goshen College who are studying ecology, environmental education and agroecology. In addition, Merry Lea provides environmental educational experiences for elementary students in the center's service area which includes the Fort Wayne metropolitan area as well as Warsaw, Huntington, Kendallville, Goshen and Elkhart.
Bear Lake is located 28miles northwest of Fort Wayne, Indiana.