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Location	Boise County, Idaho
Coordinates	44°04′13″N 115°03′02″W / 44.070322°N 115.05065°W / 44.070322; -115.05065
Type	Glacial
Primary inflows	Goat Creek
Primary outflows	Goat Creek to South Fork Payette River
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	0.07 mi (0.11 km)
Max. width	0.07 mi (0.11 km)
Surface elevation	8,710 ft (2,650 m)
Islands	1

Upper Bead Lake is a small alpine lake in Boise County, Idaho, United States, located in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. There are no trails leading to the lake or the Goat Creek drainage.

Upper Bead Lake is in the Sawtooth Wilderness, and a wilderness permit can be obtained at a registration box at trailheads or wilderness boundaries. There is one large boulder that forms the lakes only island. Upper Bead Lake is upstream of Lower Bead Lake.