Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 572 m in New York. Whiteface Mountain stands 1,466 m to the south, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Cranberry Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 7.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in New York, United States
Wikidata Q21191403, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 572 m
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 14.3 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 16.5 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 21.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Cranberry Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Gilpin Hill: 1.3 mi
- Third Burnt Hill: 1.4 mi
- Second Burnt Hill: 1.7 mi
- First Burnt Hill: 2.0 mi
- Wilmington Heritage Park: 7.9 mi
- Lake Everest - Town Beach: 8.0 mi
- Town of Wilmington Beach: 8.0 mi
- Wilmington Bike Park: 8.1 mi
- The Covered Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 5.5 mi
- summit fliff: 5.6 mi
- Tsunami Wall: 5.8 mi
- Potter Mountain Cliff: 6.2 mi
- Moss Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Flume Falls: 8.6 mi
- The Flume Fall: 8.7 mi
- Upper Stag Brook Falls: 8.8 mi
- Lower Stag Brook Falls: 9.0 mi
- High Falls (Climax): 9.3 mi
- Potholes: 9.3 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 9.3 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 9.3 mi
- Master Pothole: 9.3 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 9.3 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 9.9 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 10.7 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 13.1 mi
- Burnt Hill State Forest: 13.6 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Bert Williams Farm: 10.7 mi
- J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 11.5 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 13.4 mi
- World War Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 9.5 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 14.0 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 14.0 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 14.7 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 15.0 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 14.6 mi
- Goolds Garden: 16.5 mi
- Peace Garden: 17.0 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 14.0 mi
- Camp Chateaugay Beach: 20.1 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Footbridge Park: 23.9 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 8.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface Mountain | S 176° | 1,466 m | 7.9 mi |
| Esther Mountain | S 170° | 1,293 m | 6.5 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | S 170° | 1,242 m | 7.2 mi |
| Little Whiteface Mountain | S 173° | 1,111 m | 8.7 mi |
| Morgan Mountain | SSE 148° | 1,050 m | 5.0 mi |
| Baldwin Hill | S 183° | 984 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Alton | SSW 199° | 974 m | 7.9 mi |
| Catamount Mountain | SE 126° | 967 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:31 | 16:19 |
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 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 943287 — Bear Mountain, Clinton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357547357
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- Elizabethtown · 25 mi
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