Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 1,220 m in Alaska. Andy Simons Mountain stands 1,893 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Kenny Baker, a peak 1.9 miles away. Seward Highway passes 2.5 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.
Wikidata Q21191396, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,220 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Seward Highway, National
- 3.5 mi off the Alaska Railroad
- 29.1 mi off the Sterling Highway
52 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Kenny Baker: 1.9 mi
- Race Point: 2.1 mi
- Marathon Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Foundry Peak: 2.5 mi
- Phoenix Peak: 3.1 mi
- Founder's Monument: 2.5 mi
- Good Friday Earthquake Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Seward Mariners' Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Benny Benson Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
- Fort McGilvray: 7.5 mi
- Lowell Point State Recreation Site: 2.1 mi
- Caines Head State Recreation Area: 6.6 mi
- Sandspit Point State Marine Park: 11.8 mi
- Sunny Cove State Marine Park: 13.4 mi
- Kawabe Park: 2.4 mi
- Evan Casey Skate Park: 2.6 mi
- Waterfront Park Playground: 2.6 mi
- Two Lakes Park: 2.8 mi
- Jujiro Wada Iditarod Trail Pioneer: 2.4 mi
- William H Seward Bust: 2.5 mi
- North Beach: 5.9 mi
- South Beach: 7.2 mi
- Holgate Glacier Face: 20.3 mi
- Allen Cliffs: 24.2 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Simons Mountain | NNE 22° | 1,893 m | 21.6 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NNE 23° | 1,881 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mt Ascension | N 360° | 1,740 m | 12.2 mi |
| Cooper Mountain | NNW 330° | 1,606 m | 23.6 mi |
| Phoenix Peak | NNW 333° | 1,565 m | 3.1 mi |
| Mount Adair | N 3° | 1,549 m | 19.0 mi |
| Saddle Horn | N 3° | 1,533 m | 24.8 mi |
| Noel Hanson Mountain | NNW 347° | 1,519 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:00 | 19:17 | 20:12 |
| June solstice | 04:34 | 22:07 | 23:28 |
| September equinox | 07:43 | 19:05 | 20:00 |
| December solstice | 10:02 | 13:41 | 15:52 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 46 | 52 | 56 | 56 | 50 | 40 | 31 | 28 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seward AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4557078132
Day trips start here
- Seward · 4 mi
- Kenai Fjords National Park · 20 mi
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