Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 379 m in Missouri. Mary Gray Hill stands 502 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sauls Knob, a peak 2.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 142 miles off. 162 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Douglas County, Missouri, USA
Wikidata Q31601479, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 379 m
How to reach it
- 141.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 8.3 mi off the Blue Buck Knob Scenic Byway
- 26.3 mi off the Glade Top Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Smoke Tree Scenic Vista · 27 mi
- Watershed Divide Scenic Vista · 30 mi
162 named places within 25 miles
- Sauls Knob: 2.0 mi
- Campbell Hill: 2.5 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Simpson Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Devils Rock Pile: 3.9 mi
- Fiddle Springs: 3.4 mi
- Smallpox Spring: 6.1 mi
- Sues Spring: 6.1 mi
- Topaz Spring: 6.1 mi
- Cathole Spring: 6.1 mi
- Davis Roadside Park: 10.5 mi
- Carmen Springs Wildlife Refuge Management Area: 10.8 mi
- River of Life Farm: 12.1 mi
- Rippee State Wildlife Management Area: 13.2 mi
- Lonnie's Lookout: 13.9 mi
- Veterans Memeorial: 22.0 mi
- Grizzly Statue: 22.5 mi
- Civil War Skirmish: 22.7 mi
- Polly the Parrot: 23.3 mi
- Howell County War Memorial: 23.4 mi
- Two Faces: 3.1 mi
- Rattail Point: 9.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.5 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 20.3 mi
- James P. Harlin Museum: 22.6 mi
- Laura Ingalls Wilder House: 24.9 mi
- Wilder Home Museum: 24.9 mi
- Rainbow Springs Upper Outlit: 9.9 mi
- Rainbow Spring Lower Outlit: 10.3 mi
- Sweden Fork Natural Bridge: 15.0 mi
- Cabool Towersite: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Gray Hill | NW 323° | 502 m | 21.3 mi |
| Lead Hill | N 5° | 495 m | 19.0 mi |
| King Mountain | ENE 61° | 463 m | 20.3 mi |
| Bear Cave Mountain | SW 221° | 447 m | 16.7 mi |
| Queens Mountain | ENE 60° | 446 m | 21.4 mi |
| Coon Knob Hill | W 272° | 445 m | 22.0 mi |
| Blue Buck Knob | NE 45° | 442 m | 9.0 mi |
| Long Mountain | SW 220° | 440 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:54 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:16 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 77 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gentryville, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 748736 — Bear Mountain, Douglas County, Missouri.
OpenStreetMap element node/358063057
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