Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 655 m in New York. Hamilton Mountain stands 980 m to the east, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Hamilton County, New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q34804670, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 655 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 3.7 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 24.8 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 26.2 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- River Overlook · 7 mi
- view east · 13 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 20 mi
- Scenic View · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Hill: 0.7 mi
- Cobblers Knob: 0.7 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Middle Hill: 1.1 mi
- Round Top: 1.1 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 5.9 mi
- shuffle board: 6.2 mi
- Poplar Point Day Use Area: 7.0 mi
- Waterfront Park: 17.3 mi
- Edinburg Town Park: 21.3 mi
- Christine Falls: 8.6 mi
- Auger Falls: 8.9 mi
- Austin Falls: 8.9 mi
- West Stoney Creek Falls: 10.4 mi
- first falls: 12.2 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 9.1 mi
- Cathead Mountain Primitive Area: 10.9 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 14.5 mi
- West Canada Mountain Primitive Area: 17.3 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 23.2 mi
- Echo Cliff: 8.0 mi
- Lost Hunter's: 11.1 mi
- McMartin: 11.2 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Lost T: 11.8 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 6.6 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 20.0 mi
- Edinburg Rural Museum: 20.1 mi
- Fulton County Museum: 24.0 mi
- Karpeles Museum: 24.7 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 15.5 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 17.3 mi
- Elisha Yale: 23.9 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 24.3 mi
- 1889: 24.7 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 13.0 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 15.9 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 19.0 mi
- Mini Route 66: 6.5 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 21.1 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 20.3 mi
- Long Beach: 20.3 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 24.1 mi
- paint mine: 24.4 mi
- Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Mountain | E 84° | 980 m | 1.9 mi |
| Swart Mountain | SE 127° | 933 m | 1.4 mi |
| Dugway Mountain | SSE 152° | 904 m | 2.3 mi |
| Speculator Mountain | NE 42° | 882 m | 4.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | S 180° | 874 m | 7.3 mi |
| Moose Mountain | SSW 207° | 847 m | 6.9 mi |
| Piseco Mountain | WNW 283° | 818 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Orrey | E 95° | 797 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:38 | 16:25 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gloversville 7NW (peck Lake), 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357598340
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