Bear Garden Mountain
Bear Garden Mountain rises to 474 m in West Virginia. Pinnacle stands 864 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Leith Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 9.8 miles off.
The story
Bear Garden Mountain is a forested mountain ridge of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians in Hampshire County, West Virginia and Frederick County, Virginia.
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Wikidata Q4876438, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 474 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 10.3 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Overlooks nearby
- Banner's Overlook · 19 mi
- Warrior Mountain Overlook · 20 mi
- Prospect Overlook · 21 mi
- Devils Nose · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Edwards Run Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
- Capon Bridge Park: 3.0 mi
- Reynolds Store Neighborhood Park: 6.4 mi
- Slanesville Park: 7.7 mi
- Gainesboro Neighborhood Park: 8.3 mi
- Leith Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Darbys Nose: 1.7 mi
- Chine Spring Knob: 3.0 mi
- Slanes Knob: 3.1 mi
- Georges Peak: 3.7 mi
- Willa Cather Birthplace: 5.8 mi
- Judge John Handley Memorial: 16.1 mi
- Timbrook Park: 16.1 mi
- POW-MIA Memorial: 16.7 mi
- 1st and 2nd Battles of Kernstown: 17.0 mi
- Capon Bridge Museum: 3.1 mi
- Thomas D. Ambrose Nature Center: 12.7 mi
- Museum of the Shenandoah Valley: 15.3 mi
- Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters: 15.7 mi
- George Washington's Office Museum: 15.9 mi
- An Apple a Day Apple Statue: 14.4 mi
- Bites of Local Life Apple Statue: 14.7 mi
- White House Apple Statue: 15.5 mi
- Stars and Stripes Apple Statue: 15.7 mi
- Welcome Pineapple: 15.8 mi
- Natural Spring: 11.3 mi
- A natural spring at the Central Trail: 12.2 mi
- Neglar Spring: 14.5 mi
- Town Spring: 15.3 mi
- Roadside Spring: 16.6 mi
- Cacapon Resort State Park: 14.5 mi
- Red Bud Run: 18.8 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 19.1 mi
- Eidolon Nature Preserve: 19.5 mi
- Turkey Camp Shale Barren Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 20.1 mi
- Beach 3: 3.9 mi
- Beach 1: 4.0 mi
- Beach 2: 4.6 mi
- River Beach: 15.9 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 20.4 mi
- Farnham Colossi: 9.4 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 10.0 mi
- Almost Heaven Sign: 10.0 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 19.2 mi
- Dog Cliff: 17.2 mi
- Hanging Rocks: 19.1 mi
- Three High Heads: 20.7 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 7.1 mi
- Mountain Falls: 13.1 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 8.6 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 16.1 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 3.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Bear Garden Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle | S 189° | 864 m | 13.2 mi |
| Johnnies Knob | SSW 196° | 803 m | 18.0 mi |
| Eagle Rock | SSW 193° | 791 m | 15.3 mi |
| High Point | NNE 18° | 789 m | 8.2 mi |
| Spring Mountain | SSW 196° | 738 m | 15.4 mi |
| Stony Mountain | WSW 252° | 697 m | 18.3 mi |
| Spring Gap Mountain | NNW 332° | 679 m | 9.9 mi |
| Cacapon 2 | NNE 18° | 673 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:12 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cacapon ST PK #2, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356515278
Day trips start here
- Martinsburg · 25 mi
- Hedgesville · 26 mi
- Hancock · 28 mi
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