Bear Mountain
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
- 1,006 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 21.1 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
- 21.3 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Point · 22 mi
- Saratoga Sword Surrender Site Hudson River Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bass Hill: 1.4 mi
- Moffitt Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Shatterack Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Mother Myrick Mountain: 2.7 mi
- 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
- Mr. Barbo Memorial: 3.6 mi
- The Revolutionary War: 5.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Hildene Main House: 6.1 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Dorset Historical Society Museum: 4.6 mi
- The American Museum of Fly Fishing: 5.5 mi
- Visitors Center Hildene: 6.0 mi
- Shushan Covered Bridge Museum: 11.8 mi
- The Georgi Museum: 11.9 mi
- Merck Forest: 3.9 mi
- Washington Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 5.5 mi
- Goose Egg State Forest: 10.9 mi
- Arlington Town Forest: 11.0 mi
- TNC (Future): 12.4 mi
- 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
- For Euler: 8.9 mi
- Stratton Bear: 14.4 mi
- Bear: 14.5 mi
- Art Gallery: 17.8 mi
- Brigadier General John Stark: 21.7 mi
- Ballard Farm: 16.8 mi
- Taylor Farm: 16.9 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 18.1 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 19.9 mi
- TimberQuest: 19.9 mi
- Manchester Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Yellow Barn Farm: 8.6 mi
- Meditation Gardens: 13.3 mi
- The Ox Bow: 10.3 mi
- Whetstone Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Greenwich Town Bathing Beach: 17.3 mi
- Sandbar Beach: 24.8 mi
- Paper Mill Village Bridge: 20.2 mi
- Burt Henry Covered Bridge;Henry Covered Bridge: 20.4 mi
- Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 8.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equinox Mountain | SE 135° | 1,169 m | 3.4 mi |
| Dorset Mountain | NE 43° | 1,149 m | 10.2 mi |
| Dorset Mountain, South Peak | NE 42° | 1,134 m | 9.8 mi |
| Lookout Rock | SE 127° | 1,116 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mother Myrick Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,022 m | 2.7 mi |
| Little Equinox | SSE 151° | 1,009 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Aeolus | ENE 67° | 978 m | 7.0 mi |
| Woodlawn Mountain | NNE 20° | 945 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:53 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:34 | 16:21 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
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
Day trips start here
- Cambridge · 20 mi
- Bennington · 22 mi
- Wilmington · 27 mi
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