Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 534 m in New Hampshire. Mount Cardigan stands 956 m to the west, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Mountain Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. River Heritage Tour passes 7.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States of America
Wikidata Q34821262, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 534 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the River Heritage Tour
- 9.1 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
- 20.0 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 19.0 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Post Pond Overlook · 21 mi
- Balch Hill · 23 mi
- Norman Overlook · 24 mi
- Indian Ridge · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf: 1.0 mi
- Owls Head: 1.5 mi
- Little Sugarloaf: 1.6 mi
- Hobart Hill: 1.9 mi
- Bailey Hill: 2.8 mi
- The Ledges: 1.1 mi
- 5.8 Crag: 9.7 mi
- Meadows Left: 9.7 mi
- Meadows Center: 9.7 mi
- Meadows Right: 9.7 mi
- Everett Hobart Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
- Sculptured Rocks Geologic Site: 4.0 mi
- Cummings Beach: 4.1 mi
- Barrett Park: 4.7 mi
- Crosby Mountain State Park: 5.1 mi
- Avery-Crouse Beach: 4.7 mi
- Canaan Street Lake Beach: 11.6 mi
- Hermit Lake Town Beach: 12.0 mi
- Goose Pond Dam Beach: 14.1 mi
- Goose Pond Park Beach: 14.8 mi
- Former Remick Place: 5.5 mi
- Former Hall Place: 8.6 mi
- The Frost House: 9.0 mi
- The Common: 9.0 mi
- Capt. Harl Pease Jr.: 9.0 mi
- Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 9.0 mi
- #14 / White: 15.4 mi
- #28 / South of the Border in Koyoto: 15.4 mi
- #19 / Enigmatic Dream: 15.4 mi
- #25 / Bear: 15.5 mi
- Welton Falls: 2.8 mi
- Sculptured Rocks: 3.8 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 4.5 mi
- Profile Falls: 7.5 mi
- Livermore Falls: 11.1 mi
- Museum of the White Mountains: 8.9 mi
- Whipple House: 9.1 mi
- Canaan Historical Museum: 11.6 mi
- Squam Lakes Natural Science Center: 12.0 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 15.8 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 6.4 mi
- Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 16.9 mi
- Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 16.9 mi
- Funspot: 17.0 mi
- Go-Karts: 18.4 mi
- Peace Garden: 9.1 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 19.3 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 22.0 mi
- Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 22.2 mi
- Life Sciences Greenhouse: 23.9 mi
- Hippy Hill: 9.8 mi
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Campton Day Use Area: 17.1 mi
- Area 1: 24.6 mi
- Area 2: 24.7 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 19.9 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 16.3 mi
- Edgell Covered Bridge: 22.7 mi
- Union Village Covered Bridge: 23.9 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 5.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 8.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cardigan | W 261° | 956 m | 5.3 mi |
| Firescrew | W 265° | 934 m | 5.1 mi |
| Cardigan South Peak | WSW 257° | 865 m | 5.3 mi |
| Cardigan Rimrock | WSW 256° | 851 m | 5.6 mi |
| Orange Mountain | WSW 248° | 782 m | 5.4 mi |
| Crane Mountain | WSW 239° | 727 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mowglis Mountain | WNW 283° | 720 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Tug | WNW 282° | 713 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:27 | 16:14 |
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 | 18 | 20 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 45 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grafton, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 865454 — Bear Mountain, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357717791
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