Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 569 m in Pennsylvania. The Winehead stands 724 m to the west-northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Hairy Johns PIcnic Area, a picnic site 1.2 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 18 miles off.
The story
mountain in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49011447, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 569 m
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Bucktail Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Paddy Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Sand Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Third Green Knob: 1.9 mi
- Winkelblech Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Second Green Knob: 2.7 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Monument: 1.2 mi
- Lincoln Park: 5.2 mi
- McCall Field: 7.9 mi
- R. B. Winter State Park: 8.7 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park: 9.3 mi
- Cinder Pile Spring: 2.8 mi
- Hickernell Spring: 3.0 mi
- Horse Path Spring: 4.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 5.8 mi
- Potpie Spring: 6.6 mi
- Railroad Bed Historical Marker: 7.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Captain Green Monument: 12.3 mi
- James Beck Round Barn: 15.0 mi
- Castenea War Memorial: 16.9 mi
- Poe Valley State Park: 10.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 201: 12.6 mi
- Northeast Fishery Center: 14.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 255: 17.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 107: 19.1 mi
- Mifflinburg Buggy Museum: 13.0 mi
- Mifflinburg Historical Society Museum: 13.2 mi
- Clinton Central Model Railroad Club: 17.2 mi
- Piper Aviation Museum: 17.6 mi
- Heisey House Museum: 18.1 mi
- Hairy Johns PIcnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Snyder-Middleswarth Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Rock Springs Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Tea Springs Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- St. Agnes Picnic Grounds: 18.0 mi
- Red Candle Island: 3.9 mi
- Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park: 16.5 mi
- J. Doyle Corman Amphitheater and Floating Stage: 18.2 mi
- Beer Tap: 23.0 mi
- Lewistown Armory: 23.5 mi
- Chimney Rock Overlook: 3.6 mi
- "Holy Toledo" roadcut: 12.3 mi
- Rocks at Laurel Creek Reservoir: 20.9 mi
- Long Lane Flower & Garden: 9.6 mi
- Tripollinator Garden: 22.4 mi
- Rosecran Falls: 12.3 mi
- Rosecrans Falls: 12.3 mi
- Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 12.9 mi
- Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 12.9 mi
- The Lorax Statue: 18.5 mi
- Bald Eagle Statue: 18.8 mi
- Ingleby: 8.1 mi
- Kish park beach access: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Winehead | WNW 296° | 724 m | 9.9 mi |
| Riansares Mountain | NNW 338° | 706 m | 11.5 mi |
| Big Kettle Mountain | WNW 292° | 688 m | 12.6 mi |
| Strong Mountain | SW 226° | 672 m | 11.7 mi |
| Thick Mountain | WSW 248° | 671 m | 3.2 mi |
| White Mountain | SW 222° | 671 m | 6.7 mi |
| Winkelblech Mountain | NW 306° | 668 m | 2.3 mi |
| Shriner Mountain | NW 320° | 665 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:04 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:01 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 32 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 42 | 33 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laurelton CTR, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1168892 — Bear Mountain, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357276336
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