Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 2,218 m in California. Eagle Peak stands 3,016 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Barrel Springs Back Country Byway passes 13 miles off. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Modoc County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49011376, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,218 m
How to reach it
- 13.5 mi off the Barrel Springs Back Country Byway
- 29.1 mi off the Oregon Outback, National
63 named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Payne Peak: 2.3 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Little Baldy: 4.9 mi
- Buck Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Applegate Hot Springs: 8.5 mi
- Leonard's Hot Spring: 8.8 mi
- Glenn's Hot Spring: 9.2 mi
- Farmer Spring: 15.3 mi
- Koenig Spring: 15.8 mi
- Chimney Rock Historical Monument: 9.5 mi
- Alturas Park: 15.9 mi
- Rotary Youth Park: 16.1 mi
- Warner Street Park: 16.5 mi
- Pine Creek Wildlife Area: 12.2 mi
- Surprise Valley Wildlife Area: 14.1 mi
- Fortynine Camp: 17.4 mi
- Vya: 20.6 mi
- Farfalla Province: 13.9 mi
- Modoc County Museum: 16.0 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 20.2 mi
- Vya: 20.6 mi
- Modoc Natural Bridge: 21.7 mi
- Porcupine Rim: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | S 171° | 3,016 m | 20.1 mi |
| Warren Peak | S 171° | 2,950 m | 13.4 mi |
| Dusenbury Peak | SSE 167° | 2,768 m | 16.1 mi |
| Emerson Peak | SSE 168° | 2,724 m | 23.5 mi |
| Cole Peak | SSE 167° | 2,723 m | 20.9 mi |
| Milk Peak | S 169° | 2,623 m | 10.7 mi |
| Bearcamp Mountain | S 169° | 2,576 m | 24.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 348° | 2,518 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:57 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:50 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 41 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedarville, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 218863 — Bear Mountain, Modoc County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358761587
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