Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 2,720 m in Wyoming. Cloud Peak stands 4,017 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Butte, a peak 1.7 miles away. Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway passes 6.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49011473, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,720 m
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 14.5 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 16.4 mi off the Cloud Peak Skyway
- 27.5 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Butte: 1.7 mi
- Cement Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Iron Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Dutch Oven Peak: 7.1 mi
- Nunatak Point: 7.2 mi
- Teepee Pole Flats: 6.5 mi
- Battle Park: 6.6 mi
- Long Park: 7.1 mi
- Bellyache Flats: 10.1 mi
- Deer Park: 13.5 mi
- Spanish Point: 4.7 mi
- Ed Point: 8.4 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 13.3 mi
- Devils Leap: 15.6 mi
- Weston Point: 15.9 mi
- Bull Springs: 17.4 mi
- Reserve Spring: 17.4 mi
- Three Springs: 22.0 mi
- Deer Spring: 22.3 mi
- Wolf Springs: 23.2 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- North Fork Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Shell Falls: 17.3 mi
- The Ten Sleep T: 22.6 mi
- Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Peak | E 87° | 4,017 m | 12.8 mi |
| Merlon | E 87° | 3,975 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Woolsey | E 81° | 3,942 m | 12.8 mi |
| Kramer Peak | E 84° | 3,918 m | 13.1 mi |
| Bomber South Peak | E 92° | 3,901 m | 14.0 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | E 81° | 3,854 m | 14.1 mi |
| Innominate | E 82° | 3,853 m | 12.9 mi |
| Hallelujah | ENE 79° | 3,837 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:14 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:46 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 24 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shell, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356505879
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