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Bear Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary

Bear Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Bear Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Mount Cardigan stands 956 m to the west-southwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Hebron Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. River Heritage Tour passes 6.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
NH Audubon
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.68757, -71.80350

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Everett Hobart Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Sculptured Rocks Geologic Site: 3.0 mi
  • Crosby Mountain State Park: 3.4 mi
  • Cummings Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Barrett Park: 6.4 mi
Cliffs
  • The Ledges: 2.5 mi
  • 5.8 Crag: 8.0 mi
  • Meadows Left: 8.0 mi
  • Meadows Center: 8.0 mi
  • Meadows Right: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 42
  • Avery-Crouse Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Canaan Street Lake Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Hermit Lake Town Beach: 12.8 mi
  • South Beach: 14.0 mi
  • Edna-Maude Beach: 14.1 mi
Historic sites: 37
  • Former Remick Place: 3.9 mi
  • Former Hall Place: 7.4 mi
  • The Frost House: 7.5 mi
  • The Common: 7.5 mi
  • Capt. Harl Pease Jr.: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 35
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 7.5 mi
  • #19 / Enigmatic Dream: 15.3 mi
  • #14 / White: 15.3 mi
  • #28 / South of the Border in Koyoto: 15.3 mi
  • #24 / Snowy Owl: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Sculptured Rocks: 2.9 mi
  • Welton Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Elizabeth Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Profile Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Livermore Falls: 9.6 mi
Attractions: 14
Museums: 13
Gardens: 6
  • Peace Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Garden at Tracy Library: 21.0 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 21.4 mi
  • Canillas Community Garden: 22.5 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Covered bridges: 4
Springs: 3
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Bear Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CardiganWSW 245°956 m6.1 mi
FirescrewWSW 248°934 m5.8 mi
Cardigan South PeakWSW 242°865 m6.2 mi
Cardigan RimrockWSW 242°851 m6.5 mi
Orange MountainSW 235°782 m6.6 mi
Crane MountainSW 227°727 m6.7 mi
Mowglis MountainWSW 259°720 m4.4 mi
Mount TugW 268°713 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2219:00
June solstice05:0619:4920:33
September equinox06:3518:0918:47
December solstice07:1815:2716:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130425362676558463524
Precip in3.22.63.23.33.74.44.53.83.64.63.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1389434642

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