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Bear Mountain

Bear Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Mountain rises to 1,006 m in Vermont. Equinox Mountain stands 1,169 m to the southeast, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bass Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. Stone Valley Byway passes 4.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in Vermont, United States of America

Wikidata Q35726638, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1006 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.20091, -73.16677

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rupert Town Green: 4.9 mi
  • Factory Point Town Green: 5.8 mi
  • Adams Park: 6.0 mi
  • Salem Historic District: 8.3 mi
  • Arlington Recreation Park: 8.5 mi
Historic sites: 40
Museums: 24
Nature reserves: 17
Waterfalls: 8
  • Lye Brook Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Natural Bridge Falls: 10.1 mi
  • McGinn Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Middle Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Dionondahowa Falls: 19.9 mi
Artworks: 7
Attractions: 7
Gardens: 3
  • Manchester Community Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Yellow Barn Farm: 8.6 mi
  • Meditation Gardens: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Greenwich Town Bathing Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Sandbar Beach: 24.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 8.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Equinox MountainSE 135°1,169 m3.4 mi
Dorset MountainNE 43°1,149 m10.2 mi
Dorset Mountain, South PeakNE 42°1,134 m9.8 mi
Lookout RockSE 127°1,116 m3.5 mi
Mother Myrick MountainENE 71°1,022 m2.7 mi
Little EquinoxSSE 151°1,009 m4.1 mi
Mount AeolusENE 67°978 m7.0 mi
Woodlawn MountainNNE 20°945 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2719:05
June solstice05:1419:5320:37
September equinox06:4118:1418:52
December solstice07:2215:3416:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564686659483828
Precip in3.52.83.43.54.14.84.64.33.74.53.34.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunderland 2, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1456323 — Bear Mountain, Bennington County, Vermont.

OpenStreetMap element node/356552521

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