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Bear Mountain

Bear Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Mountain rises to 599 m in New York. Baldhead Mountain stands 871 m to the north-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bryan Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Dude Ranch Trail passes 0.9 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Warren County, New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34804704, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
599 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.40146, -73.91957

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Sam Spread Town Park: 6.5 mi
  • Hadley-Sam Smead Memorial Park: 6.6 mi
  • Wayside Beach Park: 6.9 mi
  • Mill Park: 6.9 mi
  • Benjamin C. Butler Pavilion Park: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves: 56
Historic sites: 36
  • Frank Watkins: 2.9 mi
  • pump house: 9.8 mi
  • Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 10.1 mi
  • Lake George Region Veterans Memorial: 10.5 mi
  • Father Jogues Monument: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 7.4 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 10.4 mi
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 10.5 mi
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 10.6 mi
  • Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 11.0 mi
Museums: 22
Waterfalls: 16
  • Bear Slide: 2.3 mi
  • Rockwell Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Eggleston Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Palmer Falls: 11.6 mi
  • third falls: 12.5 mi
Springs: 14
  • Old Red Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Congress Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Deer Park Spring: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 13
Beaches: 8
Cliffs: 8
  • Beaverview Wall: 10.3 mi
  • Wayout Wall: 11.3 mi
  • Small Rocky overlook: 11.9 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 16.4 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 17.0 mi
Gardens: 5
Artworks: 4
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldhead MountainNNW 336°871 m5.9 mi
Moose MountainNNW 344°852 m6.4 mi
Hadley MountainWSW 241°807 m2.9 mi
Spruce MountainWSW 257°806 m3.9 mi
Thompson MountainWNW 285°802 m5.2 mi
Slip MountainWSW 252°787 m7.2 mi
Wheeler MountainW 270°774 m5.8 mi
West MountainWSW 242°759 m2.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:08
June solstice05:1619:5720:41
September equinox06:4418:1718:55
December solstice07:2615:3616:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202331445664696760493828
Precip in3.52.93.63.93.94.74.23.83.24.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Conklingville DAM, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357547335

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