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Bear Mountain

Bear Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Mountain rises to 1,766 m in California. Rainbow Mountain stands 2,301 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Stillwater Butte, a peak 4.4 miles away.

The story

mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49011380, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1766 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.30183, -121.71888

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 9
Picnic sites: 4
  • Bigalow Bridge Day Use Area: 15.6 mi
  • Upper Falls Day Use Area: 15.7 mi
  • Lakin Dam: 15.9 mi
  • Lower Falls Day Use Area: 16.8 mi
Parks: 3
  • Long Bell State Game Refuge 1N: 21.0 mi
  • Hoo Hoo Park: 21.6 mi
  • Hat Creek Park: 24.0 mi
Springs: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Freudian System Cave: 12.2 mi
  • "Stand by Me" Bridge: 20.5 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Smithy: 23.7 mi
  • Ladies cabin: 23.7 mi
Museums: 1
  • Heritage Junction Museum: 22.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rainbow MountainNW 314°2,301 m17.1 mi
Dry Creek PeakNW 310°2,298 m17.3 mi
Red Cap MountainN 355°2,147 m16.9 mi
Tamarack PeakN 353°2,092 m17.8 mi
Stephens ButteNNW 330°2,065 m16.9 mi
Buck MountainNW 310°1,977 m7.7 mi
Black Fox MountainWNW 289°1,976 m9.4 mi
Red HillNNE 13°1,956 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3520:0220:44
September equinox06:5518:2919:06
December solstice07:3015:5716:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363841465562706862524235
Precip in8.07.47.63.82.51.20.20.30.62.35.610.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mccloud, 22 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 256687 — Bear Mountain, Siskiyou County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358796803

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