Upper Bead Lake is a small alpine lake in Boise County, Idaho, United States, lies within the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. There are no trails leading to the lake or the Goat Creek drainage.Sawtooth National Forest. “Sawtooth National Forest” [map].1:126,720, 1”=2 miles. Twin Falls, Idaho: Sawtooth National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1998.
Upper Bead Lake is in the Sawtooth Wilderness, and a wilderness permit can be obtained at a registration boxes located at trailheads or wilderness boundaries. There is one large boulder that forms the lake’s only island. Upper Bead Lake is upstream of Lower Bead Lake.
See also List of lakes of the Sawtooth Mountains (Idaho) Sawtooth National Forest Sawtooth National Recreation Area Sawtooth Range (Idaho)
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