Bear Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Bear Mountain Wilderness Study Area is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 393 m. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the south-southwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Sycamore Flats, a attraction 2.5 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 17 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- BLM
How to reach it
- 16.9 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bench · 18 mi
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pettits Peak: 3.5 mi
- Pinyon Peak: 5.0 mi
- Bear Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Junipero Serra Peak: 7.2 mi
- Ell Peak: 9.4 mi
- Patriot Park: 7.8 mi
- Hicks Park: 8.8 mi
- Greenfield City Park: 8.8 mi
- Jim Maggini Memorial Park: 8.9 mi
- Park Greenfield: 9.4 mi
- Pajaiso Springs: 6.3 mi
- Jackhammer Spring: 7.8 mi
- Quail Spring: 9.1 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 12.3 mi
- Redondo Spring: 12.8 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 6.3 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 12.3 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 12.3 mi
- Picnic Area B: 12.4 mi
- Picnic Area A: 12.5 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 6.8 mi
- Greenfield Memorial Hall: 8.9 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 10.5 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Avenue of Honor: 12.5 mi
- Bear Canyon Wilderness Study Area: 9.9 mi
- Ventana Wilderness: 10.9 mi
- John Little State Natural Reserve: 17.0 mi
- Landels-Hill Big Creek Nature Reserve: 17.5 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 17.6 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 2.5 mi
- Devil's Falls: 14.2 mi
- Esalen Institute: 17.1 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 17.8 mi
- Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused): 17.8 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
- Devil's falls: 14.2 mi
- Canogas Falls: 15.7 mi
- Pine Falls: 16.1 mi
- The Upper Crust: 19.0 mi
- Resurrection Wall: 19.0 mi
- Discovery Wall: 19.1 mi
- Ignorable Cliffs: 19.2 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 19.7 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 11.4 mi
- Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum: 12.5 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 16.9 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 17.6 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 22.6 mi
- Wreck Beach: 24.1 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 13.3 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Bear Mountain Wilderness Study Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | SSW 204° | 1,784 m | 7.2 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | S 189° | 1,602 m | 5.0 mi |
| Cone Peak | SSW 209° | 1,572 m | 14.9 mi |
| Chews Ridge | WNW 294° | 1,549 m | 12.3 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | W 279° | 1,517 m | 15.2 mi |
| Black Butte | W 281° | 1,497 m | 9.9 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | WNW 282° | 1,477 m | 19.8 mi |
| Twin Peak | SSW 211° | 1,468 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:49 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — King City, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element relation/6186501
Day trips start here
- Monterey County · 11 mi
- Soledad · 13 mi
- King City · 14 mi
- Pinnacles National Park · 20 mi
- Carmel Valley · 26 mi
- San Benito County · 29 mi
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