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Bear Mountain

Bear Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

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).

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q35726611, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
772 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.22915, -121.44025
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Nature reserves
Parks
  • 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
Picnic sites: 60
  • 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
Attractions
  • 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
Historic sites: 41
  • 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
Springs: 31
  • 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
Artworks: 19
Museums: 16
Gardens: 12
  • Morgan Hill Community Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Rose Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Garden Essential: 18.4 mi
  • Claudia's Garden: 18.6 mi
  • South County Backroads Garden: 18.6 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • 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
Beaches: 2
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakNW 308°1,327 m13.2 mi
Observatory PeakNW 305°1,298 m13.6 mi
Hipparchus PeakNW 308°1,295 m13.1 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakNW 306°1,286 m13.4 mi
Mount HamiltonNW 305°1,279 m13.6 mi
Huyghens PeakNW 305°1,276 m13.5 mi
Mount IsabelNW 304°1,275 m12.0 mi
Ptolemy PeakNW 304°1,237 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:18
June solstice05:4719:5120:30
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1716:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444345485564727267594943
Precip in5.04.84.42.21.30.30.00.10.21.33.04.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358806068

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