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Bear Mount

Bear Mount, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Mount rises to 534 m in Vermont. Jay Peak stands 1,177 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mont Bear, a peak 0.4 miles away. Chemin des Cantons passes 4.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35726566, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
534 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.00353, -72.31878

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 11
  • Big Falls State Park: 3.9 mi
  • Coventry Town Forest: 8.7 mi
  • Black River Streambank: 9.7 mi
  • Derby Center Village Forest: 10.2 mi
  • Derby Town Forest: 11.2 mi
Parks: 11
  • Prouty Beach & Campground: 6.6 mi
  • Pomerleau Park: 7.2 mi
  • Gardner Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
  • Portus Baxter Park: 10.5 mi
  • Place Henry Seth Taylor: 10.7 mi
Museums: 8
Covered bridges: 6
Attractions: 5
Historic sites: 5
Beaches: 5
  • ROL Camp Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Balm of Gilead Beach: 12.1 mi
  • North Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Southwest Cove Beach: 24.3 mi
  • South Beach: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lake Memphremagog Buffers: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Bald Hill: 23.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Bear Mount. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jay PeakWSW 242°1,177 m11.5 mi
Big JayWSW 241°1,115 m12.4 mi
North Jay PeakWSW 253°1,048 m11.1 mi
Doll PeakWSW 250°1,038 m11.5 mi
Little JayWSW 239°928 m12.8 mi
Haystack MountainSW 221°922 m16.3 mi
Gilpin MountainSW 233°919 m10.8 mi
Tillotson PeakSW 220°912 m17.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:02
June solstice05:0319:5520:40
September equinox06:3718:1018:49
December solstice07:2515:2216:11

Local time (America/Toronto).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141626405362676558453321
Precip in2.82.42.83.33.94.54.54.43.94.33.43.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356552519

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