Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 380 m in Maine. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Peaked Mountain, a peak 2.7 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Penobscot County, Maine, United States of America; geonames ID = 4957755.
Wikidata Q33136681, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 380 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Peaked Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Little Spring Brook Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Hathorn Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Lunksoos Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Deasey Mountain: 5.8 mi
- The Hulling Machine: 4.4 mi
- Grand Pitch: 5.0 mi
- Pond Pitch: 5.5 mi
- Haskell Rock Pitch: 6.3 mi
- Mossy Falls: 6.3 mi
- Lunksoos Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Katahdin Lake Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Trout Brook Crossing Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Rum Brook Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Togue Pond Beach: 17.7 mi
- Marble Fen Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Seboeis River Gorge Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Mount Chase State Forest: 8.3 mi
- Wassataquoik Public Reserved Land: 9.3 mi
- Scraggly Lake Public Reserved Land: 15.1 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 9.8 mi
- Town of Patten Recreation Area: 10.2 mi
- Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 11.3 mi
- Baxter Game Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Merrill Millstream Park: 24.5 mi
- Snub Pitch: 13.4 mi
- Windey Pitch: 13.6 mi
- Owls Head: 15.4 mi
- Table Land: 15.6 mi
- The Gateway: 16.7 mi
- Patten Academy Monument & Bell: 10.2 mi
- Baxter State Park: 12.0 mi
- A. J. “Allie” Cole Scenic Overlook: 23.2 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 9.8 mi
- Antique Snowmobile Museum: 24.2 mi
- Caribou Spring: 14.9 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 16.0 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 17.3 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 22.3 mi
- Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Dolby Flowage: 25.0 mi
- Individual Flower Gardens: 10.2 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | WSW 237° | 1,605 m | 15.2 mi |
| South Peak | WSW 236° | 1,603 m | 15.1 mi |
| Pamola | SW 236° | 1,495 m | 14.5 mi |
| Chimney Peak | SW 236° | 1,491 m | 14.5 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | WSW 243° | 1,446 m | 14.7 mi |
| Howe Peaks | WSW 244° | 1,416 m | 14.4 mi |
| The Traveler | WNW 291° | 1,079 m | 9.7 mi |
| Traveler Mountain | WNW 291° | 1,034 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:08 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:44 | 19:43 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:55 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:02 | 15:52 |
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 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patten 2, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358211601
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