Bear Flat is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gila County, Arizona, United States.

Bear Flat is located in the valley of Tonto Creek, 18 miles (29 km) east of the town of Payson.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 0.211 square miles (0.55 km2), all land.

[3] Bear Flat first appeared on the 2010 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP).

It is in the Payson Unified School District.