Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 175 m in Maine. York Hill stands 367 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Bear Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Somerset County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 561854).
Wikidata Q33136687, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 175 m
How to reach it
- 15.3 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
- 28.9 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Alice E. Emery Town Square: 3.5 mi
- W. Barr Hatfield Athletic Park: 3.7 mi
- Oosoola Park: 3.7 mi
- Community Center Complex: 6.0 mi
- Riverside Park: 6.8 mi
- Little Bear Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Little Dodling Hill: 1.5 mi
- Dodling Hill: 2.3 mi
- Green Hill: 2.7 mi
- Burrill Hill: 3.0 mi
- Martin Stream Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
- Sugar Bush: 4.6 mi
- Taylor Field: 6.6 mi
- Great Meadow Stream: 6.6 mi
- Coburn Woods: 7.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Veterans Monument: 3.8 mi
- Skowhegan Indian Sculpture: 6.9 mi
- Colby Woodsmen PV=nRT: 8.4 mi
- “Roll Of Honor”: 9.4 mi
- Norridgewock Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- L C Bates Museum: 6.1 mi
- History House: 6.7 mi
- Colby College Museum of Art: 8.5 mi
- Mc Cartney House Museum: 8.6 mi
- Lebanon Masonic Lodge 116: 4.1 mi
- Skowhegan/Madison Elks Club: 7.3 mi
- Alphabet Trails: 10.4 mi
- A1: 10.9 mi
- A2: 11.0 mi
- Stumphenge: 2.0 mi
- Girl with Tail: 6.8 mi
- Ticonic Sculpture: 10.2 mi
- River Stone: 10.2 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 10.8 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- University of Maine at Augusta Community Garden: 22.9 mi
- Dye Garden: 23.2 mi
- Peace Garden: 23.3 mi
- Mill Park Garden: 24.1 mi
- Rome Town Beach: 8.3 mi
- Tyler’s Pond Beach: 19.9 mi
- Town Beach: 21.9 mi
- Bond Brook Falls: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| York Hill | WSW 245° | 367 m | 12.0 mi |
| Vienna Mountain | SW 231° | 359 m | 12.5 mi |
| Round Top | SW 228° | 343 m | 12.6 mi |
| Martin Hill | WSW 240° | 324 m | 9.8 mi |
| Hampshire Hill | WSW 248° | 310 m | 10.0 mi |
| Roberts Hill | SW 236° | 308 m | 11.2 mi |
| Loomis Hill | NNE 30° | 259 m | 11.8 mi |
| Sanders Hill | SW 233° | 249 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:44 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:00 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:14 | 16:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 21 | 30 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville Trtmt PLT, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358211608
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