| Official Name: | Bear Lake, Michigan |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Label: | Bear Lake |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
| Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kalkaska |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bear Lake |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 16.57 |
| Area Land Km2: | 14.92 |
| Area Water Km2: | 1.64 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 6.40 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 5.76 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.64 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 366 |
| Population Density Km2: | 24.53 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 63.53 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1217 |
| Coordinates: | 44.7183°N -84.9486°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 49646 (Kalkaska) |
| Area Code: | 231 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 26-06430 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2583720 |
Bear Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kalkaska County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 327. Bear Lake is located within Bear Lake Township.[2]
The community of Bear Lake was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.[3] The CDP is organized for statistical purposes only and has no legal status as an incorporated municipality.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Bear Lake CDP has an area of 6.42sqmi, of which 5.76sqmi is land and 0.66sqmi (10.28%) is water.[2]
The community is located in the northwest portion of Bear Lake Township in Kalkaska County. The community's namesake is Bear Lake, and other lakes include the smaller Cub Lake, Mallard Lake, Upper Black Lake, and South Black Lake. M-72 runs east–west through the southern portion of the CDP and connects to Grayling to the east and Kalkaska to the west.