Bear Creek Wildlife Management Area
Bear Creek Wildlife Management Area is a park in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,999 m. Taylor Peaks stands 3,428 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1999 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Mountain: 2.1 mi
- The Helmet: 3.3 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Circle Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Pioneer Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Wall Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 12.4 mi
- Golden Stone Park - South: 13.4 mi
- Golden Stone Park - North: 13.4 mi
- Fire Pit Park: 13.4 mi
- Town Center Park: 13.5 mi
- Madison Valley History Museum: 14.5 mi
- Thompson-Hickman Museum: 19.9 mi
- Ranks Drug Store Museum: 20.1 mi
- J. Spencer Watkins Memorial Museum: 20.2 mi
- Kiskadden’s Stone Block: 20.2 mi
- Red Cliff: 15.8 mi
- Gallatin Tower: 22.8 mi
- First Buttress: 22.9 mi
- Waltz Formation: 22.9 mi
- Black Line Buttress: 22.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Union City Christeot Mill: 17.3 mi
- Place of Discovery: 19.8 mi
- 2 Story Outhouse: 21.5 mi
- The Guestbook: 8.6 mi
- Madison Base: 10.9 mi
- Lee Metcalf Wilderness: 9.5 mi
- Gallatin Wildlife Management Area: 16.0 mi
- Union City: 18.5 mi
- Nevada City: 21.5 mi
- Maloney Spring: 19.2 mi
- Montana State Rest Area: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Bear Creek Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Peaks | SSE 153° | 3,428 m | 11.3 mi |
| Echo Peak | SSE 163° | 3,414 m | 17.3 mi |
| Hilgard Peak | SSE 165° | 3,409 m | 19.0 mi |
| Koch Peak | SSE 153° | 3,408 m | 11.3 mi |
| Lone Mountain | NE 40° | 3,397 m | 8.6 mi |
| Imp Peak | SSE 158° | 3,393 m | 14.3 mi |
| Gallatin Peak | NE 37° | 3,357.3 m | 16.0 mi |
| Dutchman Peak | SSE 164° | 3,318 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:00 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:33 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:03 | 15:58 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 26 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 63 | 55 | 43 | 32 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ennis, 13 mi away.
- American Dipper1 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake1 obs
- Slender Bog Orchid1 obs
- common juniper1 obs
- Police Car Moth1 obs
- Rocky Mountain Juniper1 obs
- hairy clematis1 obs
- prairie pasqueflower1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357957247
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