Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 549 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Monacan Ancestral Museum, a museum 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 10 miles off.
The story
mountain in Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49011453, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 549 m
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.1 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 13 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 14 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 15 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Kentucky Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Pedlar Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Gum Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Richardson Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Coolwell Park: 5.2 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 6.1 mi
- Monacan Park: 7.8 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 9.7 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 11.0 mi
- Riverside Pool: 10.0 mi
- Constitution Tree Plaque: 10.0 mi
- Even Post: 10.2 mi
- Odd Tree: 10.2 mi
- 1978 Garden Restoration: 11.2 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 0.8 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 0.9 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 3.3 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 3.5 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 4.6 mi
- Piano: 11.4 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 11.5 mi
- Lynchbug: 11.5 mi
- Mayor: 11.6 mi
- "TOGETHER WE THRIVE": 11.8 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 10.0 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 10.0 mi
- Point of Honor: 11.2 mi
- Model 1474 Gallion Roller: 12.0 mi
- Horse Drawn Road Grader: 12.0 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 9.8 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 10.0 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 10.8 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 11.0 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 11.4 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 12.1 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 12.7 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 12.8 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 15.4 mi
- Marble Spring: 16.5 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 3.8 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 11.1 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 11.2 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 19.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 20.7 mi
- Panther Falls: 12.0 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 22.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 22.6 mi
- Lace Falls: 23.2 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 24.0 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 21.7 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 22.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 22.8 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 19.5 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NNW 337° | 1,232 m | 11.9 mi |
| Pompey Peak | N 352° | 1,229 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | N 350° | 1,223 m | 11.1 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NNW 342° | 1,197 m | 12.2 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,061 m | 11.8 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | NNW 345° | 1,034 m | 11.3 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNW 334° | 1,025 m | 12.4 mi |
| Little Mount Pleasant | N 354° | 946 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — TYE RVR 1 SE, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356560031
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 12 mi
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