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Bear Mountain

Bear Mountain, a peak in California
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Bear Mountain rises to 1,022 m in California. Patterson Mountain stands 2,479 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bookie Bear, a artwork 1.7 miles away.

The story

Bear Mountain is a peak in the Sierra Nevada foothills, near Yokuts Valley, California, United States. In the early 1900s, a fire lookout tower was constructed on the mountain. Now the site is mostly used to support communications equipment.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q35726580, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1022 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.74689, -119.28068

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Winton Park: 7.5 mi
  • Wahtoke Park: 8.1 mi
  • Sheridan Park: 8.3 mi
  • J O Eaton Memorial Park: 8.7 mi
  • US Senator Dianne Feinstein Park: 9.7 mi
Springs: 32
Historic sites: 15
  • Academy: 17.2 mi
  • Old Town Monument: 24.0 mi
  • Flight 93 Monument: 24.2 mi
  • Flight 93 Monument: 24.2 mi
  • NYPD Officer, Moria Smith: 24.2 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Zephyr Headquarters: 11.6 mi
  • Whitewater Voyages Headquarters: 11.6 mi
  • Chicago Stump: 16.9 mi
  • Centennial Stump: 17.1 mi
  • Gamlin Cabin: 17.1 mi
Museums: 8
  • Reedley Museum: 14.1 mi
  • Alta District Historical Society: 15.5 mi
  • Sanger Depot Museum: 15.9 mi
  • Kingsburg Historical Jail: 22.0 mi
  • Kingsburg Rail Depot and Museum: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Artworks: 3
  • Bookie Bear: 1.7 mi
  • Dinuba Christian Church Statue: 14.7 mi
  • Clovis Rodeo Statue: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 3
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • C. H. Warlow Rest Area: 22.1 mi
Gardens: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 23.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Patterson MountainNE 38°2,479 m20.0 mi
Converse MountainENE 75°2,207 m19.1 mi
Logger PointE 101°1,733 m16.1 mi
Mount SampsonE 82°1,447 m10.3 mi
Sontag PointE 90°1,296 m11.3 mi
Oat MountainNE 36°1,274 m8.7 mi
Burrough MountainNNW 345°1,263 m19.3 mi
Barnes MountainN 7°1,256 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3519:09
June solstice05:3919:4220:20
September equinox06:4618:2118:56
December solstice07:0716:0516:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464853586573818176665345
Precip in5.64.95.12.61.40.40.20.00.21.42.14.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/358796807

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