Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 233 m in Maine. Passadumkeag Mountain stands 442 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Almanac Mountain, a peak 2.6 miles away. MILLION DOLLAR VIEW SCENIC BYWAY passes 28 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Penobscot County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 561848).
Wikidata Q33136677, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 233 m
How to reach it
- 27.7 mi off the Million Dollar View Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Almanac Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Lombard Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Rand Hill: 4.0 mi
- Oak Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Junior Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Springfield Fair: 7.0 mi
- Cole’s Landing: 11.0 mi
- West Lake Access: 13.7 mi
- Mattawamkeag Wilderness Park and Campground: 17.0 mi
- Penobscot River Access - Winn: 18.3 mi
- Keg Lake Public Reserved Land: 2.6 mi
- Downeast Lakes Community Forest: 3.0 mi
- Upper Dobsis Public Reserved Land: 3.1 mi
- Magoon Pond Public Reserved Land: 5.4 mi
- Webster Plantation Public Reserved Land: 10.4 mi
- Big Sand Beach: 9.8 mi
- Cole's Landing Beach: 11.0 mi
- Dawn Marie Beach: 15.4 mi
- Campbell Shore: 23.9 mi
- Hold Shore: 23.9 mi
- Grand Falls: 13.7 mi
- Big Falls: 18.4 mi
- Little Falls: 19.3 mi
- Civil War Monument: 20.2 mi
- WWI Doughboy Statue: 20.3 mi
- Lincoln Veterans Memorial: 20.7 mi
- Little River Bluff: 20.7 mi
- The High Bluffs: 21.5 mi
- Bowers Pitch: 22.5 mi
- Riceville: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passadumkeag Mountain | SW 227° | 442 m | 17.7 mi |
| Musquash Mountain | ENE 68° | 364 m | 15.6 mi |
| Duck Mountain | S 189° | 362 m | 9.6 mi |
| Brown Hill | NNE 22° | 338 m | 6.7 mi |
| Sabao Mountain | S 173° | 335 m | 18.2 mi |
| Stetson Mountain | NNE 21° | 326 m | 16.2 mi |
| Tracy Mountain | ENE 60° | 323 m | 19.2 mi |
| Bowers Mountain | NNE 30° | 317 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:06 | 18:45 |
| June solstice | 04:45 | 19:39 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:53 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:04 | 15:53 |
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 | 18 | 20 | 30 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Lake Stream, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 561848 — Bear Mountain, Penobscot County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358211593
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