Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 226 m in Maine. Passadumkeag Mountain stands 442 m to the south-southwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Moose Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 27 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Penobscot County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 561847).
Wikidata Q33136674, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 226 m
How to reach it
- 26.9 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Moose Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Negro Trash Hill: 2.9 mi
- Porcupine Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Bryant Hill: 5.0 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Cole’s Landing: 5.7 mi
- West Lake Access: 10.2 mi
- Prince Thomas Park: 12.3 mi
- Robert A. MacEachern Memorial Park: 12.5 mi
- Springfield Fair: 12.5 mi
- WWI Doughboy Statue: 12.5 mi
- Civil War Monument: 12.5 mi
- Lincoln Veterans Memorial: 12.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 17.8 mi
- Children's Memorial: 17.8 mi
- Cole's Landing Beach: 5.7 mi
- Big Sand Beach: 15.7 mi
- Dawn Marie Beach: 22.1 mi
- Grand Falls: 6.7 mi
- Riceville: 14.5 mi
- Bowers Pitch: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passadumkeag Mountain | SSW 200° | 442 m | 9.7 mi |
| Duck Mountain | SE 128° | 362 m | 10.3 mi |
| Brown Hill | NE 52° | 338 m | 15.2 mi |
| Sabao Mountain | SE 142° | 335 m | 19.1 mi |
| Eagle Mountain | SSE 168° | 326 m | 19.5 mi |
| Bowers Mountain | ENE 57° | 317 m | 15.0 mi |
| Gates Hill | NE 49° | 309 m | 15.2 mi |
| Dill Hill | ENE 60° | 304 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:07 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 04:46 | 19:40 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:54 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:05 | 15:54 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 17 | 28 | 41 | 54 | 63 | 69 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Sanitary District/wtp, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 561847 — Bear Mountain, Penobscot County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358211591
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