Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 520 m in New York. Rice Mountain stands 768 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Loon Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States of America; geonames ID = 5108297.
Wikidata Q34804697, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 520 m
How to reach it
- 16.4 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 16.2 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 28.1 mi off the Military Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Loon Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Sugar Grove Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Riverdale Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Buck Hill: 1.2 mi
- Hamilton Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Seven Springs: 11.4 mi
- Hopkinton Town Green: 12.0 mi
- Stone Valley Cooperative Recreational Area: 16.1 mi
- Postwood Park: 16.8 mi
- Marshall Park: 18.7 mi
- High Falls: 4.0 mi
- Augerhole Falls: 8.5 mi
- Saint Regis Falls: 11.4 mi
- Allen Falls: 13.7 mi
- Jamestown Falls: 14.2 mi
- Catherineville State Forest: 8.5 mi
- Snow Bowl State Forest: 10.1 mi
- Fort Jackson State Forest: 15.1 mi
- Franklin Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 18.1 mi
- Deer River Primitive Area: 18.2 mi
- The Narrows: 14.9 mi
- The Tub: 15.1 mi
- Lucy's Hole: 15.2 mi
- Cathedral Grove: 15.3 mi
- Saint Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area: 17.4 mi
- Potsdam Museum: 19.5 mi
- Tupper Lake History Museum: 22.6 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 23.3 mi
- Peace Garden: 20.2 mi
- Goolds Garden: 20.5 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- Stacy Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Hawk Ledge: 10.5 mi
- Tannery Ruins: 14.8 mi
- Clarkson 9/11 Memorial: 19.9 mi
- Postwood Park: 16.8 mi
- Minerva Statue: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Mountain | E 93° | 768 m | 14.6 mi |
| West Mountain | E 86° | 744 m | 4.6 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | E 86° | 744 m | 4.6 mi |
| Jennings Mountain | E 84° | 724 m | 12.7 mi |
| Brushy Top Mountain | E 86° | 708 m | 6.1 mi |
| Azure Mountain | E 80° | 708 m | 7.1 mi |
| Twin Mountains | ENE 79° | 704 m | 13.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | E 85° | 698 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:33 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:03 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:34 | 16:22 |
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 | 16 | 19 | 28 | 42 | 55 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colton 2 N, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 975942 — Bear Mountain, St. Lawrence County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357602872
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