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Bear Spring Mountain Game Management Area

Bear Spring Mountain Game Management Area from directly overhead

Bear Spring Mountain Game Management Area is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 695 m. East Mary Smith Hill stands 896 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Fork Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 13 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
695 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.10342, -75.06933

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 37
Museums: 7
  • Roscoe O&W Museum: 14.3 mi
  • Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 14.9 mi
  • Deposit Historical Museum: 18.2 mi
  • Hanford Mills Museum: 24.0 mi
  • Oneonta History Centre: 24.2 mi
Attractions: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • Cat Hollow Legend: 6.9 mi
  • Handen Covered Bridge: 7.6 mi
  • Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 20.2 mi
  • Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 22.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Russell Brook Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Tompkins Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Jensen Cascade: 16.7 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 19.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • East Branch Rest Area: 8.9 mi
  • Roscoe: 16.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Beamoc Trout: 14.3 mi
  • statue of liberty replica: 24.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Piped Spring: 20.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Bear Spring Mountain Game Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Mary Smith HillESE 111°896 m13.7 mi
Mary Smith HillESE 109°846 m12.8 mi
Brock MountainESE 115°841 m9.8 mi
Cherry RidgeSE 138°801 m8.4 mi
Cherry RidgeSE 137°793 m7.4 mi
Prospect HillNE 50°783 m6.3 mi
Starkweather HillNNE 29°776 m1.9 mi
Brock MountainESE 113°766 m9.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3619:13
June solstice05:2519:5820:40
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:2615:4716:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445664696761493828

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downsville DAM, 5 mi away.

  • hobblebush7 obs
  • bluebead lily6 obs
  • Canada mayflower6 obs
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler5 obs
  • American Robin4 obs
  • Eastern Newt4 obs
  • American Toad4 obs
  • Pickerel Frog4 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357595854

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