Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 2,280 m in Wyoming. Shirley Benchmark stands 2,792 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Peak, a peak 3.6 miles away. Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway passes 9.8 miles off. 47 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49011481, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,280 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway
47 named places within 25 miles
- Horse Peak: 3.6 mi
- Chalk Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Haystack Buttes: 8.6 mi
- Twin Buttes: 9.0 mi
- Tops Benchmark: 13.8 mi
- Dry Creek Rim: 5.6 mi
- Fourmile Point: 10.7 mi
- Smith Creek Rim: 23.7 mi
- Dugway Rim: 23.8 mi
- Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge: 18.5 mi
- Bear Park: 18.8 mi
- Headquarters Park: 21.1 mi
- Beartrap Meadow County Park: 23.5 mi
- Greasewood " Rescue Site Martin Handcart Company.: 14.3 mi
- Red Buttes Crossing: 23.2 mi
- Little Rock Spring: 22.1 mi
- Deer Spring: 23.5 mi
- Shirley Basin Rest Area: 8.4 mi
- Shirley Basin: 19.7 mi
- Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 21.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Benchmark | S 182° | 2,792 m | 18.6 mi |
| Quealy Benchmark | S 180° | 2,791 m | 19.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | S 177° | 2,700 m | 21.7 mi |
| High Benchmark | S 175° | 2,698 m | 21.1 mi |
| Sullivan Benchmark | SSE 158° | 2,526 m | 21.4 mi |
| Sailor Benchmark | SSW 210° | 2,525 m | 23.6 mi |
| Muddy Mountain | NE 41° | 2,521 m | 22.5 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | WSW 249° | 2,488 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:51 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bates Creek #2, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356499174
Day trips start here
- Central Wyoming · 28 mi
- Casper · 30 mi
Take the scenic way to Bear Mountain.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.