Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 1,617 m in California. Rancheria Mountain stands 2,732 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ascension Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 3.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America, United States of America; geonames ID = 5326901.
Wikidata Q35726624, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,616.5 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 8 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 22 mi
- Lembert Dome · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ascension Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Ackerson Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Sunrise Peak: 2.8 mi
- Sawmill Mountain: 3.2 mi
- North Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Preston Falls: 2.1 mi
- Carlon Falls: 4.4 mi
- Tueeulala Falls: 9.9 mi
- Wapama Falls: 10.3 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 11.0 mi
- Pilot Peak Spring: 6.4 mi
- Rackerby Jack Spring: 9.5 mi
- Shingle Spring: 10.9 mi
- Walton Cabin Spring: 11.4 mi
- Indian Spring: 11.4 mi
- Interpretive Center: 2.7 mi
- Nature Museum: 2.7 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 13.8 mi
- Indian Village: 18.0 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 18.1 mi
- Greeley Hill County Park: 13.6 mi
- El Portal Park: 13.7 mi
- Red Cloud: 15.0 mi
- Groveland Sports Complex: 18.4 mi
- Mary Laveroni Park: 18.4 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 14.1 mi
- Rockslides: 15.4 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 17.8 mi
- Profile Cliff: 18.5 mi
- The Fissures: 18.5 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 3.2 mi
- Remote Camp: 12.9 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 13.6 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 7.6 mi
- Merced Grove: 7.8 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 13.7 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 13.7 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 15.5 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 12.9 mi
- World Heritage Site: 18.1 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 19.3 mi
- Women's Club Building: 19.3 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 22.5 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 16.4 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 17.0 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 17.0 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 22.9 mi
- Beach 2: 23.8 mi
- Cat Town: 18.2 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 22.4 mi
- Dedication Garden: 13.0 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 19.0 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancheria Mountain | ENE 65° | 2,732 m | 17.0 mi |
| Nance Peak | NNE 26° | 2,578 m | 16.5 mi |
| Boundary Hill | ESE 114° | 2,575 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Gibson | NE 46° | 2,547 m | 14.2 mi |
| Smith Peak | ENE 60° | 2,356 m | 9.8 mi |
| El Capitan | ESE 121° | 2,307 m | 16.1 mi |
| Dewey Point | SE 128° | 2,236 m | 16.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | E 90° | 2,208 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 6.9 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 7.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yosemite Village 12 W, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358796798
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 19 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 20 mi
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