Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 976 m in New Hampshire. North Tripyramid stands 1,274 m to the west-southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bartlett Experimental Forest, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
Bear Mountain is a 3,219-foot (981 m) mountain located in Bartlett, New Hampshire, USA. Bear Mountain is flanked to the northwest, across Bear Notch, by Bartlett Haystack (2,995 ft / 1,027 m). To the east is Table Mountain (2,675 ft / 815 m), followed by Big Attitash Mountain (2,920 ft / 890 m). The north side of Bear Mountain drains via Louisville Brook and Albany Brook to the Saco River in Bartlett. The southern slopes of the mountain drain to the Swift River, on the southwest via Douglas Brook and on the southeast via Cilley Brook, which joins the Swift River at Rocky Gorge. Once home to an alpine ski trail, Bear Mountain is sometimes confused with nearby Bear Peak at the Attitash ski area.
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Wikidata Q4876501, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 976 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 2.0 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 3.0 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 13.7 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Sugar Hill Overlook · 6 mi
- Lily Pond Vista · 8 mi
- Beaver Brook Overlook · 9 mi
- Frankenstein Cliff · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bartlett Experimental Forest: 1.6 mi
- Rocky Gorge Scenic Area: 2.1 mi
- Sawyer Pond Scenic Area: 4.0 mi
- Thorne Pond Conservation Area: 4.5 mi
- Mount Chocorua Scenic Area: 5.5 mi
- Pitcher Falls: 4.0 mi
- Champney Falls: 4.1 mi
- Sabbaday Falls: 5.3 mi
- Diana's Baths: 7.1 mi
- Lower Nancy Cascades: 7.3 mi
- Crack in the Woods: 2.2 mi
- Rainbow Slabs: 2.3 mi
- The Painted Walls: 2.4 mi
- Owl's Cliff: 3.1 mi
- Main Cliff: 3.8 mi
- Bartlett Village Gazebo Park: 3.5 mi
- Morrell Family Community Complex: 3.6 mi
- Cathedral Ledge State Park: 7.2 mi
- Echo Lake State Park: 7.3 mi
- Hussey Field: 8.2 mi
- Table Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Bartlett Haystack: 2.0 mi
- Spruce Hill: 2.9 mi
- Owls Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Mount Tremont: 3.2 mi
- Albany Covered Bridge: 3.5 mi
- Attitash Alpine Slide: 4.9 mi
- Nor'Easter Mountain Coaster: 5.1 mi
- Lower Pool: 5.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 8.4 mi
- Geneva Beach: 10.3 mi
- Boulder Beach: 10.4 mi
- Porridge Shore Beach: 10.6 mi
- Eidelweiss Beach: 10.7 mi
- Thusis Beach: 11.0 mi
- Conway Railroad Museum: 8.7 mi
- MWOBs Admin Office: 8.8 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 8.8 mi
- Salyards Museum: 9.6 mi
- Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 10.1 mi
- Jim Liberty Cabin: 5.6 mi
- First Church of Christ Congregational Park: 8.9 mi
- Jimmy Mersereau: 10.2 mi
- Memorial Boulders: 10.8 mi
- Willey House: 11.6 mi
- Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 3.4 mi
- Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Glen Ellis Scenic Area: 15.2 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 15.8 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- lower falls: 3.0 mi
- Elliott Spring: 11.6 mi
- Liberty Spring: 18.2 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 19.4 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 19.5 mi
- The Basin, East: 19.8 mi
- The Basin, West: 20.0 mi
- Boise Rock: 20.5 mi
- Sabatis Island Rest Area: 24.7 mi
- Hannes Schneider: 9.7 mi
- Frog Rock: 22.0 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 11.5 mi
- Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 19.3 mi
- Livermore: 4.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Tripyramid | WSW 241° | 1,274 m | 8.0 mi |
| Middle Tripyramid | WSW 237° | 1,262 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Passaconaway | SW 217° | 1,225 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Nancy | NW 322° | 1,187 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Lowell | NW 312° | 1,134 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Bemis | NW 326° | 1,131 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Anderson | NW 315° | 1,118 m | 8.1 mi |
| Scaur Peak | WSW 247° | 1,087 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 19:48 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:23 | 16:10 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Conway, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357729622
Day trips start here
- Center Harbor · 24 mi
- Ashland · 28 mi
- Meredith · 28 mi
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