Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 1,451 m in California. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the west-southwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinyon Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Monterey County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35726603, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,451 m
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
- 25.1 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 17 mi
- Breaker Point · 26 mi
- Point Sierra Nevada · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinyon Peak: 0.7 mi
- Junipero Serra Peak: 2.5 mi
- Wizard Peak: 8.2 mi
- Pettits Peak: 8.2 mi
- Lost Peak: 8.3 mi
- Old oak park: 11.4 mi
- Patriot Park: 12.4 mi
- Pine Meadows Park 1: 12.6 mi
- Pine Meadows Park 2: 12.7 mi
- Pine Canyon Mobile Estates Rec Area: 12.8 mi
- Jackhammer Spring: 6.8 mi
- Redondo Spring: 9.6 mi
- Quail Spring: 10.0 mi
- Redwood Spring: 11.1 mi
- Pajaiso Springs: 11.9 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 7.1 mi
- Devil's falls: 10.1 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 11.0 mi
- Canogas Falls: 11.6 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 12.6 mi
- Bear Canyon Wilderness Study Area: 5.2 mi
- Bear Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 5.7 mi
- Ventana Wilderness: 10.0 mi
- Landels-Hill Big Creek Nature Reserve: 13.8 mi
- John Little State Natural Reserve: 14.5 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 7.8 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 13.1 mi
- Picnic Area B: 13.2 mi
- Picnic Area A: 13.2 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 13.7 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 7.5 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 11.1 mi
- Limekilns: 12.8 mi
- Avenue of Honor: 13.2 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 7.7 mi
- Devil's Falls: 10.1 mi
- Drinking Fountain (abandoned): 12.9 mi
- Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused): 13.8 mi
- Esalen Institute: 14.7 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 22.7 mi
- The Upper Crust: 24.2 mi
- Discovery Wall: 24.4 mi
- Resurrection Wall: 24.4 mi
- Ignorable Cliffs: 24.5 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 12.2 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 13.9 mi
- Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum: 13.3 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 17.0 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 17.0 mi
- Wreck Beach: 24.1 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 14.0 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 18.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | WSW 249° | 1,784 m | 2.5 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | NNW 340° | 1,602 m | 0.7 mi |
| Cone Peak | SW 222° | 1,572 m | 9.9 mi |
| Chews Ridge | NW 315° | 1,549 m | 15.0 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | WNW 299° | 1,517 m | 16.6 mi |
| Black Butte | NW 309° | 1,497 m | 11.8 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | WNW 297° | 1,477 m | 21.1 mi |
| Twin Peak | SW 225° | 1,468 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:49 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — King City, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 269746 — Bear Mountain, Monterey County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358800875
Day trips start here
- King City · 14 mi
- Monterey County · 15 mi
- Soledad · 19 mi
- Pinnacles National Park · 25 mi
- Carmel Valley · 30 mi
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