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Bear Mountain

Bear Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Mountain rises to 225 m in Michigan. Thunder Mountain stands 428 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Point County Park, a park 1.0 miles away. 98 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Michigan, United States of America

Wikidata Q33136704, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
225 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.35414, -87.85400

98 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 56
  • Bear Point County Park: 1.0 mi
  • Steve Sumbris Sr. Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
  • Evergreen Park and Campground: 5.1 mi
  • Lake Noquebay Trails: 6.2 mi
  • Lake Noquebay State Public Hunting Grounds: 6.3 mi
Peaks: 7
Nature reserves: 7
Historic sites: 6
Waterfalls: 6
  • Bull Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Emergancy Spillway: 17.5 mi
  • Spillway: 17.5 mi
  • Veteran's Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 19.2 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Left Foot Lake Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Woods Lake Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Landing 9: 19.0 mi
  • Tourist Park: 21.5 mi
  • Boat Landing Beach: 24.8 mi
Museums: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Demonstration Prairie: 17.8 mi
  • Hamony Demonstration Gardens: 17.9 mi
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Little Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thunder MountainW 261°428 m21.9 mi
Butler RockWSW 242°333 m23.7 mi
Mount TomWSW 251°306 m10.1 mi
Chalk HillN 11°253 m13.3 mi
Oak HillNNE 14°238 m1.1 mi
Buck HillN 10°234 m5.3 mi
Indian MoundSSE 151°189 m19.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2519:04
June solstice05:0419:5820:44
September equinox06:3918:1218:51
December solstice07:2915:2316:12

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161829415364686658463422

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stephenson 5wsw, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/353915682

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