Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 530 m in Vermont. Sugarloaf stands 1,128 m to the northeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Hedgehog Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Essex County, Vermont, United States of America
Wikidata Q35726645, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 530 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 3.9 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 10.2 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 16.1 mi off the Moose Path Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Stark Covered Bridge · 9 mi
- North Overlook · 13 mi
- Table Rock · 21 mi
- Middle Brother · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hedgehog Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Maidstone Hill: 1.9 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Stoneham Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Morse Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Eames Wayside Area: 4.4 mi
- Guildhall Square: 4.8 mi
- Riverside Park: 8.4 mi
- Colonel Town Recreation Park: 9.8 mi
- Soldier Park: 10.3 mi
- Bag Hill Town Forest: 3.9 mi
- Stratford Town Forest: 4.8 mi
- Ammonoosuc River State Forest: 5.0 mi
- Lost Nation Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Richardson Forest: 6.2 mi
- Lancaster Fairgrounds: 8.5 mi
- The Yule Log Flume: 14.9 mi
- The Himalaya: 14.9 mi
- Rudolph: 14.9 mi
- play structure: 14.9 mi
- Pond Brook Falls: 8.6 mi
- Crystal Falls: 12.2 mi
- Beaver Brook Falls: 20.5 mi
- Huntington Cascades: 20.9 mi
- Baby Flume: 21.2 mi
- Cascade Brook Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Flume Brook Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- P7: 23.6 mi
- P1: 23.6 mi
- P8: 23.6 mi
- Camp Stark German Prisoner of War Camp: 9.4 mi
- Camp Stark: 9.4 mi
- Vermont Major cross-state route: 10.5 mi
- Mine Shaft: 16.4 mi
- Dummer Veterans Memorial: 18.6 mi
- Lancaster Historical Society: 9.5 mi
- John Wingate Weeks Historic Museum: 12.6 mi
- Jefferson Historical Museum: 16.2 mi
- Don Eagle Museum: 17.7 mi
- Island Pond, Historical Society Museum: 19.4 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 12.6 mi
- Columbia Covered Bridge: 15.2 mi
- Island Pond Covered Footbridge: 19.5 mi
- School House Covered Bridge: 22.8 mi
- Campers' Beach: 17.4 mi
- South Beach: 23.0 mi
- Southwest Cove Beach: 23.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 24.0 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 24.6 mi
- Sunflowers: 24.7 mi
- Tree Harp: 24.7 mi
- Devils Slide: 8.3 mi
- Bald Hill: 21.9 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 10.2 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 22.7 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf | NE 35° | 1,128 m | 9.3 mi |
| Hutchins Mountain | SE 134° | 1,122 m | 8.5 mi |
| Long Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,120 m | 10.3 mi |
| Long Mountain West Peak | ENE 74° | 1,116 m | 9.0 mi |
| Pilot Ridge | SE 135° | 1,102 m | 9.8 mi |
| Castle Mountain | NNE 29° | 1,087 m | 9.9 mi |
| West Peak | NNE 26° | 1,072 m | 9.2 mi |
| Savage Mountain | NNE 14° | 1,059 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:20 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 19:51 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:07 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:21 | 16:09 |
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 | 14 | 15 | 26 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 45 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Stratford, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1456322 — Bear Mountain, Essex County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356552520
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