Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 262 m in Maine. Musquash Mountain stands 364 m to the north-northeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Delight, a peak 0.8 miles away. MILLION DOLLAR VIEW SCENIC BYWAY passes 23 miles off.
The story
mountain in Washington County, Maine, United States of America
Wikidata Q33136694, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 262 m
How to reach it
- 22.6 mi off the MILLION DOLLAR VIEW SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Delight: 0.8 mi
- Porcupine Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Musquash Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Pineo Mountains: 5.8 mi
- Loring Hill: 6.5 mi
- Yacolucci Woods: 5.1 mi
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation Public Reserved Land: 5.9 mi
- Downeast Lakes Community Forest: 7.8 mi
- Codyville Plt W Public Reserved Land: 10.0 mi
- Keg Lake Public Reserved Land: 11.6 mi
- Muwin Park: 13.0 mi
- Springfield Fair: 15.7 mi
- Houlton Avenue Courts: 23.6 mi
- Glidden Athletic Field: 23.7 mi
- Councilors Field: 23.8 mi
- Dawn Marie Beach: 13.4 mi
- Hold Shore: 13.5 mi
- Campbell Shore: 13.5 mi
- Big Sand Beach: 13.6 mi
- Cole's Landing Beach: 24.1 mi
- The High Bluffs: 8.1 mi
- Little River Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Norway Point: 21.3 mi
- Haley Point: 24.3 mi
- Big Falls: 12.2 mi
- Little Falls: 12.7 mi
- Mud Lake Falls: 24.2 mi
- Indian Township Museum: 13.5 mi
- Vanceboro Historical Society: 24.3 mi
- Princeton War Monument: 14.5 mi
- Vanceboro & Lambert Lake Veterans Memorial: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musquash Mountain | NNE 20° | 364 m | 3.3 mi |
| Greenland Mountain | NNE 14° | 363 m | 18.2 mi |
| Duck Mountain | SW 231° | 362 m | 19.2 mi |
| Brown Hill | WNW 288° | 338 m | 11.4 mi |
| Stetson Mountain | NNW 329° | 326 m | 14.7 mi |
| Tracy Mountain | NNE 26° | 323 m | 7.6 mi |
| Tomah Mountain | NE 35° | 320 m | 10.0 mi |
| Bowers Mountain | WNW 284° | 317 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:35 | 18:05 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:44 | 19:38 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:19 | 17:52 | 18:31 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:02 | 15:52 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 19 | 27 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topsfield 2, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358211596
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