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Bear Mountain

Bear Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Mountain rises to 653 m in New York. Long Tom Mountain stands 790 m to the southeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnt Rock, a peak 0.9 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 1.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
653 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.19589, -74.81157

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 18
  • Copper Rock Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Copper Rock Falls: 9.7 mi
  • High Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Jamestown Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 12.0 mi
Parks: 3
  • Flanders Park: 17.3 mi
  • Long Lake Town Beach: 24.6 mi
  • Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 24.9 mi
Museums: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Cranberry Lake Day Use Area on eastern Fred Island: 3.4 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Long Lake Boat Tours: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long Tom MountainSE 125°790 m6.8 mi
Arab MountainE 87°772 m11.2 mi
Silver Lake MountainSE 130°771 m7.8 mi
Bear MountainESE 116°761 m4.2 mi
Dog Pond MountainESE 113°742 m4.7 mi
Iron MountainSE 140°736 m6.8 mi
Center Pond MountainESE 105°734 m5.4 mi
Rampart MountainSE 137°733 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3319:12
June solstice05:1620:0320:47
September equinox06:4718:2018:59
December solstice07:3215:3616:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171827425463676659463524
Precip in3.12.52.83.23.74.24.73.74.34.53.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanakena Rngr School, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 975940 — Bear Mountain, St. Lawrence County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357602858

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