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Bear Mountain

Bear Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates44.16978, -74.73546

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 19
  • Jamestown Falls: 10.7 mi
  • High Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Copper Rock Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Copper Rock Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 16.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Parks: 4
  • 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
Beaches: 2
  • Cranberry Lake Day Use Area on eastern Fred Island: 6.1 mi
  • Silver Beach: 24.9 mi
Museums: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Long Lake Boat Tours: 20.6 mi
  • Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Buttermilk Falls: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MorrisE 93°950 m12.9 mi
Mount MatumblaNE 47°818 m11.5 mi
Long Tom MountainSE 140°790 m2.8 mi
Arab MountainENE 72°772 m7.8 mi
Silver Lake MountainSE 145°771 m3.9 mi
Dog Pond MountainE 96°742 m0.6 mi
Iron MountainS 171°736 m3.4 mi
Center Pond MountainENE 76°734 m1.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3319:11
June solstice05:1620:0220:47
September equinox06:4718:2018:58
December solstice07:3215:3616:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171827425463676659463524
Precip in3.12.52.83.23.74.24.73.74.34.53.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanakena Rngr School, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357602849

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