Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 327 m in Maine. Strickland Mountain stands 732 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Lake Tramway Drive Station, a historic site 1.9 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 27 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 48 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States of America
Wikidata Q33136684, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 327 m
How to reach it
- 26.7 mi off the KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY, National
62 named places within 25 miles
- Soper Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Allen Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Haymock Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Line Pond Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Carpenter Mountain: 10.4 mi
- Halfway Brook Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- SFMA Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Burnt Mountain Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Dwelley Pond Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Trout Brook Crossing Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Otter Pond Public Reserved Land: 7.0 mi
- Allagash Wilderness Waterway: 12.5 mi
- Big Reed Forest Reserve: 14.7 mi
- Gero Island Public Reserved Land: 16.4 mi
- Little Allagash Falls: 5.4 mi
- Grand Pitch: 20.8 mi
- South Branch Falls: 24.2 mi
- Eagle Lake Tramway Drive Station: 1.9 mi
- Norway Bluff: 21.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strickland Mountain | SE 142° | 732 m | 23.0 mi |
| Caucomgomoc Mountain | WSW 252° | 702 m | 19.3 mi |
| Telephone Hill | WSW 247° | 700 m | 20.4 mi |
| Little Russell Mountain | WSW 238° | 700 m | 24.1 mi |
| Norway Bluff | ENE 69° | 696 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mucalsea Mountain | SW 233° | 687 m | 24.5 mi |
| Lord Mountain | SE 136° | 661 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mooseleuk Mountain | ENE 62° | 653 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:10 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 04:46 | 19:47 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 17:57 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:03 | 15:54 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 8 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 49 | 59 | 64 | 62 | 54 | 41 | 30 | 17 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clayton Lake, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 561853 — Bear Mountain, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358211605
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