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Bear Mountain

Bear Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Mountain rises to 1,220 m in California. Buck Rock stands 2,591 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Buzzard Roost, a peak 1.0 miles away.

The story

mountain in Tulare County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q35726618, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1220 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.59661, -119.04677

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Springs: 35
Attractions: 30
Waterfalls: 10
Picnic sites: 6
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 16.1 mi
Museums: 5
  • Three Rivers Historical Museum: 13.1 mi
  • Giant Forest Museum: 15.4 mi
  • Alta District Historical Society: 19.3 mi
  • Reedley Museum: 22.5 mi
  • ImagineU Children's Museum: 22.6 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Old Ranger Station: 13.4 mi
  • Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 16.1 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 21.5 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 22.3 mi
  • Alles Cabin: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 8.9 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 11.6 mi
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Bookie Bear: 15.0 mi
  • Dinuba Christian Church Statue: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck RockNE 47°2,591 m14.2 mi
Little BaldyE 85°2,453 m13.5 mi
Big BaldyENE 60°2,449 m10.5 mi
Chimney RockENE 68°2,350.3 m10.7 mi
Buena Vista PeakNE 46°2,321 m11.5 mi
Redwood MountainNE 48°2,139 m9.1 mi
Lava ButteNE 38°1,878 m14.3 mi
Colony PeakE 101°1,870 m12.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3419:08
June solstice05:3919:4020:19
September equinox06:4518:2118:55
December solstice07:0516:0516:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363638414958666560514235
Precip in8.07.37.83.61.40.50.30.20.32.43.36.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grant Grove, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 218861 — Bear Mountain, Tulare County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358761581

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