Bear Mountain
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.
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Wikidata Q35726580, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,022 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Dalton Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Harmon Peak: 3.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Ruth Hill: 4.9 mi
- Tivy Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Five Springs: 1.8 mi
- White Tank Spring: 6.5 mi
- Blue Clay Spring: 8.2 mi
- Delilah Spring: 9.9 mi
- Clover Meadow Spring: 10.0 mi
- Academy: 17.2 mi
- Old Town Monument: 24.0 mi
- Flight 93 Monument: 24.2 mi
- NYPD Officer, Moria Smith: 24.2 mi
- Twin Towers Monument: 24.2 mi
- 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
- 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
- Ella Falls: 16.7 mi
- Viola Falls: 16.9 mi
- Garlic Falls: 19.8 mi
- Rancheria Creek Falls: 20.7 mi
- Bookie Bear: 1.7 mi
- Dinuba Christian Church Statue: 14.7 mi
- Clovis Rodeo Statue: 23.8 mi
- Reedley Beach: 14.8 mi
- Jumping Rock: 20.8 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 21.2 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 16.3 mi
- Grand Bluff: 22.4 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 22.7 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Mc Kinley Botanical Area: 21.3 mi
- Dinkey Fisherman Picnic Site: 23.2 mi
- Oakhurst: 8.7 mi
- C. H. Warlow Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Tollhouse Crossing: 23.0 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson Mountain | NE 38° | 2,479 m | 20.0 mi |
| Converse Mountain | ENE 75° | 2,207 m | 19.1 mi |
| Logger Point | E 101° | 1,733 m | 16.1 mi |
| Mount Sampson | E 82° | 1,447 m | 10.3 mi |
| Sontag Point | E 90° | 1,296 m | 11.3 mi |
| Oat Mountain | NE 36° | 1,274 m | 8.7 mi |
| Burrough Mountain | NNW 345° | 1,263 m | 19.3 mi |
| Barnes Mountain | N 7° | 1,256 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:42 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358796807
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