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Black Bear

Black Bear from directly overhead

Black Bear is a ghost town in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 1,030 m. Stevens Peak stands 2,084 m to the south-southeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Frisco, a ghost town 0.4 miles away. St. Joe River Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

former populated place (ghost town) in Shoshone County, Idaho

How to reach it

Coordinates47.51604, -115.85238

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 15
  • Samuels Park: 4.5 mi
  • Silverton Park: 5.2 mi
  • Shoshone Park: 6.8 mi
  • Osburn Lions City Park: 7.1 mi
  • Gene Day Park: 8.4 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Morning Mine Compressor Foundations: 3.4 mi
  • Ten Commandments: 4.5 mi
  • Time Capsule: 4.5 mi
  • Miner's Statue: 4.6 mi
  • Veteran's Monument: 4.6 mi
Museums: 8
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 3
Springs: 3
  • Bobtail Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Bloom Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Falls Creek Falls: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Black Bear. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stevens PeakSSE 149°2,084 m7.3 mi
Granite PeakNE 53°2,064 m5.4 mi
Clear PeakNE 52°2,041 m11.5 mi
Beaver PeakNE 49°2,024 m11.4 mi
Tiger PeakNE 35°2,017 m1.7 mi
Burke SummitE 89°2,004 m6.6 mi
Emma PeakNE 51°1,953 m12.5 mi
Custer PeakNNE 30°1,952 m1.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1619:56
June solstice05:4720:5721:45
September equinox07:3119:0219:43
December solstice08:2916:0316:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293137445358656556443427
Precip in4.13.54.53.02.53.00.91.01.63.94.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mullan, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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