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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. 96 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

96 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 54
  • 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 MountainW428 m21.9 mi
Butler RockWSW333 m23.7 mi
Mount TomWSW306 m10.1 mi
Chalk HillN253 m13.3 mi
Oak HillNNE238 m1.1 mi
Buck HillN234 m5.3 mi
Indian MoundSSE189 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 50–80 °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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