Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 562 m in Texas. Cherry Mountain stands 660 m to the northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Roos Falls, a waterfall 1.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Gillespie County, Texas, United States of America
Wikidata Q31694025, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 562 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedarhead: 1.5 mi
- Cross Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Kneese Hill: 2.4 mi
- Schuetzen Hill: 2.9 mi
- Henke Hill: 3.1 mi
- Jacob Neffendorf: 2.3 mi
- Cross Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Moritz-Hitzfeld-Jacoby House: 3.1 mi
- John Peter Tatsch Home, 1856: 3.2 mi
- J. W. and Ruth Baines House: 3.2 mi
- Zodiac: 8.0 mi
- Cain City: 9.3 mi
- Eckert: 9.4 mi
- Pedernales: 9.6 mi
- Blumenthal: 10.0 mi
- Marktplatz von Fredericksburg: 3.6 mi
- Gillespie County Park: 3.7 mi
- Old Fair Park: 4.0 mi
- Fort Martin Scott: 5.4 mi
- Oak Crest Park: 6.3 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 3.5 mi
- National Museum of the Pacific War: 3.7 mi
- Admiral Nimitz Museum: 3.8 mi
- Texas Rangers Heritage Center: 5.5 mi
- LBJ Museum: 15.1 mi
- Marschall Spring: 5.2 mi
- Rock Pasture Spring: 6.3 mi
- Cherry Spring: 9.7 mi
- Dripping Vat Spring: 16.3 mi
- Trough Spring: 18.2 mi
- Indian Point: 17.0 mi
- Welge Poing: 17.2 mi
- Brockmann Point: 17.5 mi
- Hickory Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Gillespie County Ranch Road 1 Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Gillespie County US 290 Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- Kerr County Westbound Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Kerr County Eastbound Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Fort Martin Scott Historic Site: 5.4 mi
- Canyons Off Road Park: 9.7 mi
- Lukenbach General Store and Post Office: 11.8 mi
- The Cross at Kerrville: 23.2 mi
- Roos Falls: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- The Gardens at the Ridge: 21.9 mi
- Gazebo for Albert Steves: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Mountain | NW 324° | 660 m | 5.7 mi |
| Roundhead | W 281° | 653 m | 9.2 mi |
| Lehmann Mountain | NW 304° | 623 m | 16.1 mi |
| Big Hill | SSE 169° | 612 m | 15.7 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | NNW 342° | 608 m | 11.1 mi |
| Buckeye Point | WNW 301° | 601 m | 12.7 mi |
| County Line Hill | NW 322° | 601 m | 15.1 mi |
| Schlaudt Hills | SW 227° | 597 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:16 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:35 | 20:06 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:02 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 17:04 | 17:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 76 | 67 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fredericksburg, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1330242 — Bear Mountain, Gillespie County, Texas.
OpenStreetMap element node/356699735
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