Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 2,106 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Valley Park, a park 2.6 miles away. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Bear Mountain is a peak in the Tehachapi Mountains, near Tehachapi, California. The mountain is north of Bear Valley Springs and west of the Tehachapi Loop, a spiral on the railroad line through Tehachapi Pass. California condors, mountain lions, mule deer, and bobcats can be found among the sugar pines trees. Much of the mountain is on land owned by The Nature Conservancy.
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Wikidata Q4876500, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,106 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Spring: 5.0 mi
- Barrington Spring: 5.3 mi
- Willow Spring: 5.5 mi
- Big E Spring: 5.7 mi
- Deer Spring: 5.7 mi
- Bear Valley Park: 2.6 mi
- Beaubien Athletic Field: 2.8 mi
- Bear Valley Nature Park: 3.0 mi
- Brite Lake Recreational Park: 8.8 mi
- Old Town State Historic Landmark: 9.2 mi
- Black Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Rock Pile: 7.8 mi
- Horsethief Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Eagle Peak: 9.7 mi
- Antimony Peak: 10.5 mi
- Bear Vally Veteran's Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 4.7 mi
- The Cross on the Loop: 5.8 mi
- Tehachapi Loop Overlook: 5.9 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 23.9 mi
- Tehachapi Depot Museum: 11.9 mi
- Errea House Museum: 11.9 mi
- Tehachapi Museum: 11.9 mi
- Tehachapi Heritage League Museum: 11.9 mi
- California Living Museum: 21.0 mi
- Tehachapi Loop: 5.6 mi
- Historic Tehachapi Depot: 11.9 mi
- Historic Water Tower: 11.9 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 20.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 21.2 mi
- 4 Island Lake Beach: 3.1 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 23.9 mi
- Rio Bravo: 24.5 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | NE 39° | 2,565 m | 22.0 mi |
| Brown Peak | NNE 32° | 2,466 m | 22.8 mi |
| Liebel Peak | NNE 33° | 2,452 m | 24.9 mi |
| Double Mountain | SE 144° | 2,430 m | 14.6 mi |
| Tehachapi Mountain | SE 142° | 2,418 m | 14.0 mi |
| Covington Mountain | SE 145° | 2,392 m | 16.1 mi |
| Cummings Mountain | SSE 162° | 2,362 m | 11.9 mi |
| Sorrell Peak | NE 53° | 2,348 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:35 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:08 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 42 | 45 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tehachapi 4 SE, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358780457
Day trips start here
- Kern County · 16 mi
- Bakersfield · 24 mi
- The Grapevine · 26 mi
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