Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 761 m in New York. Mount Morris stands 950 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Dog Pond Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 975939).
Wikidata Q34804675, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 761 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 10.3 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 20.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 24.8 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Rocky Mountain Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dog Pond Mountain: 0.6 mi
- East Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Center Pond Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Berkley Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Hedgehog Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Jamestown Falls: 10.7 mi
- High Falls: 11.1 mi
- Copper Rock Falls: 13.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 16.1 mi
- Flat Rock Falls: 16.9 mi
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 11.3 mi
- Orebed Creek State Forest: 19.7 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 22.0 mi
- Silver Hill State Forest: 22.4 mi
- Snow Bowl State Forest: 22.6 mi
- Flanders Park: 14.0 mi
- Long Lake Town Beach: 20.5 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 20.8 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 21.0 mi
- Cranberry Lake Day Use Area on eastern Fred Island: 6.1 mi
- Silver Beach: 24.9 mi
- Tupper Lake History Museum: 14.6 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 15.1 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 14.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 21.6 mi
- Jayville: 22.5 mi
- The Crags: 23.2 mi
- Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Morris | E 93° | 950 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mount Matumbla | NE 47° | 818 m | 11.5 mi |
| Long Tom Mountain | SE 140° | 790 m | 2.8 mi |
| Arab Mountain | ENE 72° | 772 m | 7.8 mi |
| Silver Lake Mountain | SE 145° | 771 m | 3.9 mi |
| Dog Pond Mountain | E 96° | 742 m | 0.6 mi |
| Iron Mountain | S 171° | 736 m | 3.4 mi |
| Center Pond Mountain | ENE 76° | 734 m | 1.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:33 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:02 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:36 | 16:24 |
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 | 17 | 18 | 27 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanakena Rngr School, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357602849
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