Bear Down
Bear Down is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 454 m. Newman Peak stands 1,368 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Poston's Butte, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Gila-Pinal Scenic Road passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2001
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the Gila-Pinal Scenic Road
- 26.7 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Lookout · 20 mi
- Weaver's Needle Lookout · 20 mi
- Barrier-Free Lookout · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Poston Butte: 1.7 mi
- Black Hill: 5.9 mi
- Picture Rocks: 6.1 mi
- Dozer Hill: 6.7 mi
- Walker Butte: 7.9 mi
- Highway Park: 2.2 mi
- East Park: 9.4 mi
- Kenilworth Sports Complex: 9.4 mi
- North Park: 9.5 mi
- Walker Park: 9.7 mi
- Queen Creek Botanical Gardens: 19.0 mi
- Yucca Forest: 19.9 mi
- Wallace Desert Garden: 19.9 mi
- Wallace Forest: 19.9 mi
- Agave Hill: 19.9 mi
- Poston's Butte: 0.0 mi
- Ellsworth Ranch: 9.3 mi
- Complex B: 9.9 mi
- Ballcourt: 10.0 mi
- Complex A: 10.1 mi
- Dragontail Tower: 18.4 mi
- Peaceful Little Ones: 19.9 mi
- Do You Hear What I Hear?: 19.9 mi
- The Ring of Life: 20.0 mi
- Mariposa Falls: 20.0 mi
- Mineral Mountain Rock Waterfall: 13.1 mi
- Cottonwood Canyon Petroglyph Site: 13.1 mi
- Schnepf Farms: 17.0 mi
- Pirate's Assault Catapault: 18.4 mi
- Renaissance Festival & Artisan Marketplace: 18.6 mi
- Black Point: 18.7 mi
- Apache Leap: 23.5 mi
- Dacite Cliffs: 23.7 mi
- The Funny Farm: 24.6 mi
- Kitty Pool: 24.6 mi
- Cochran: 13.8 mi
- Reymert: 15.6 mi
- Pinal City: 20.7 mi
- Ray: 23.8 mi
- Poston Butte Preserve: 1.5 mi
- San Tan Mountain Regional Park: 16.3 mi
- Trough Spring: 17.5 mi
- Ripsey Spring: 23.5 mi
- Dungeon Tour: 18.3 mi
- San Tan Historical Society: 20.6 mi
- Boyce Thompson Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Sacaton Rest Area: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Bear Down. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newman Peak | S 183° | 1,368 m | 23.3 mi |
| Teapot Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,367 m | 22.6 mi |
| Picketpost Mountain | NE 43° | 1,336 m | 18.9 mi |
| Sleeping Beauty Mountain | ENE 63° | 1,332 m | 22.8 mi |
| Peak 4110 | NE 54° | 1,253 m | 15.4 mi |
| Granite Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,232 m | 21.7 mi |
| Peak 3957 | NE 53° | 1,206 m | 15.4 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | NNE 15° | 1,111 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:02 | 19:38 |
| September equinox | 06:14 | 17:51 | 18:24 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:46 | 17:23 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 57 | 64 | 70 | 78 | 87 | 92 | 90 | 85 | 74 | 63 | 54 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Florence, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9069174056
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