Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 772 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bathtub Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away.
The story
Bear Mountain is a mountain summit along the crest of the Diablo Range in Santa Clara County, California. Its summit lies at an elevation of 2,477 feet (755 meters).
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Wikidata Q35726611, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 772 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Henry Willard Coe State Park: 4.5 mi
- Jackson Oaks Park: 11.1 mi
- Heritage Greens Park: 11.1 mi
- Decorative Fountain With Gazebo: 11.7 mi
- Conte Gardens Park: 11.7 mi
- Community & Cultural Center: 13.5 mi
- CordeValle Winery: 15.5 mi
- Frog pond: 15.8 mi
- Northern California Renaissance Faire: 16.5 mi
- Solis Winery: 17.2 mi
- Pacheco Camp: 5.6 mi
- Woodchopper's Flat Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Twin Redwoods Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Cooper's Point Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Calaveras Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Bear Mountain Peak: 0.8 mi
- Peak 1940: 2.4 mi
- Grass: 2.6 mi
- Hartman Peak: 2.8 mi
- Hat Rock: 3.2 mi
- Henry Coe Monument: 6.2 mi
- Gilroy Hot Springs: 8.5 mi
- Fred W. “Bill” Gehri Bridge: 9.9 mi
- Memorial for Ann Sobrato: 13.5 mi
- Reverend Hamilton: 13.6 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 0.7 mi
- Bear Spring: 0.7 mi
- Bear Spring Concrete Basin: 0.9 mi
- Bear Springs: 0.9 mi
- Hatch Spring: 2.8 mi
- Mural Gilroy the City of Garlic: 16.8 mi
- Discoveries: 20.4 mi
- Bird's Eye View: 21.1 mi
- Fat Bhuda: 21.5 mi
- Bhuda: 21.6 mi
- Villa Mira Monte: 13.6 mi
- Morgan Hill Museum: 13.6 mi
- Wings of History Air Museum: 13.7 mi
- Gilroy Museum: 16.9 mi
- Bailey Fellows House: 18.3 mi
- Morgan Hill Community Garden: 13.3 mi
- Garden Essential: 18.4 mi
- Claudia's Garden: 18.6 mi
- South County Backroads Garden: 18.6 mi
- Rainbow Garden: 18.7 mi
- Pinto Creek Falls: 4.9 mi
- Robison Falls: 5.7 mi
- Pacheco Falls: 6.3 mi
- Bonfante Falls: 18.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 21.8 mi
- North Beach: 23.2 mi
- South Beach: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | NW 308° | 1,327 m | 13.2 mi |
| Observatory Peak | NW 305° | 1,298 m | 13.6 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | NW 308° | 1,295 m | 13.1 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | NW 306° | 1,286 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | NW 305° | 1,279 m | 13.6 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | NW 305° | 1,276 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Isabel | NW 304° | 1,275 m | 12.0 mi |
| Galileo Peak | NW 308° | 1,273 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
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 | 44 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 59 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358806068
Day trips start here
- Hollister · 26 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 27 mi
- Watsonville · 28 mi
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