Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 357 m in Maine. Trask Mountain stands 527 m to the northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Paw Preserve, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 22 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Oxford County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 561846).
Wikidata Q33136667, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 357 m
How to reach it
- 22.4 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 29.3 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Frog Pond Park: 1.9 mi
- Mill Hill Park: 2.0 mi
- Boofy Quimby Memorial Center: 2.2 mi
- Bear Pond Beach: 2.2 mi
- Hartford Town Beach: 4.1 mi
- Little Bear Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Campbell Hill: 1.6 mi
- The Pinnacle: 1.8 mi
- Butter Hill: 2.0 mi
- Hayford Hill: 2.0 mi
- Bear Paw Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Everett Towle Forest: 4.4 mi
- Drew Brook Forest: 4.5 mi
- Jersey Bog Conservation Area: 4.7 mi
- Tolla Wolla Wildlife Management Area: 6.2 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Paris Maine Veterans Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Korea & Vietnam Honor Roll: 15.3 mi
- World War Honor Roll: 15.3 mi
- Korea and Vietnam Veterans: 16.6 mi
- The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center: 4.4 mi
- Paris Hill Historical Society: 13.0 mi
- Herbon Historical Society: 13.2 mi
- Monmouth Museum: 14.8 mi
- Readfield Historical Society: 16.8 mi
- Stinchfield Beach: 8.8 mi
- Richardson's Beach: 11.0 mi
- Town Beach: 16.0 mi
- East Winthrop Beach: 19.0 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 20.2 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Shagg Crag: 13.2 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Berry Ledge: 14.4 mi
- Shaw Ledge: 17.3 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 15.8 mi
- Whitney Street Community Garden: 18.0 mi
- The Atsuko Hirai Lantern and Garden: 18.1 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 18.8 mi
- Oxford County Fairground: 17.3 mi
- Oxford Casino: 19.2 mi
- Dummer House: 24.6 mi
- Dr Hubbard Office: 24.6 mi
- Liberty Bell: 24.8 mi
- Fisher Man: 17.0 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 18.2 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 21.9 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 24.7 mi
- Samantha Smith: 24.8 mi
- Cooper Spring: 11.0 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 16.6 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 13.6 mi
- Rumford Falls: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trask Mountain | NW 324° | 527 m | 7.6 mi |
| The Saddleback | NW 309° | 503 m | 7.5 mi |
| Thompson Mountain | NW 312° | 441 m | 7.5 mi |
| Browns Mountain | NW 314° | 416 m | 7.7 mi |
| Thorne Mountain | NNW 331° | 411 m | 6.8 mi |
| Allen Hill | NNW 332° | 390 m | 8.5 mi |
| Sumner Hill | W 265° | 351 m | 6.7 mi |
| Hayford Hill | WSW 242° | 346 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:45 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:17 | 16:05 |
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 | 17 | 20 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358211588
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