Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 910 m in Vermont. Bread Loaf Mountain stands 1,165 m to the north, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Gillespie Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 9.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Windsor County, Vermont, United States of America; geonames ID = 5233613.
Wikidata Q35726675, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 910 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 9.8 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 14.8 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 21.4 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook View · 10 mi
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 25 mi
- Lincoln Covered Bridge · 27 mi
- Mt Tom · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gillespie Peak: 1.1 mi
- Cape Lookoff Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Mount Horrid: 1.5 mi
- Romance Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Hawk Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Bradbury State Park: 6.2 mi
- Seminary Park: 8.1 mi
- Library Green: 8.2 mi
- Monument Park: 8.2 mi
- Kennedy Park: 8.3 mi
- Honor Roll Hancock Vermont: 6.8 mi
- Robert Frost Summer Home: 7.0 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Crown Point Road Monument: 11.3 mi
- Honor Roll: 11.5 mi
- Goshen Town Forest: 4.3 mi
- Brandon Town Forest: 5.4 mi
- Pittsford Town Forest: 6.7 mi
- Mount Carmel State Forest: 7.1 mi
- Proctor Town Forest: 7.1 mi
- The Great Cliff: 1.8 mi
- Silent Cliff: 4.4 mi
- Sunset Ledge: 15.1 mi
- Marble Ledge: 15.3 mi
- Barber Ledge: 15.3 mi
- Queen Connie: 7.4 mi
- Around and About: 14.3 mi
- LOVE: 14.4 mi
- Two-Way Mirror Curved Hedge Zig-Zag Labyrinth: 14.4 mi
- Chaos Xaxis: 14.5 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 6.7 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 9.5 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 15.9 mi
- Pine Hill Park: 17.4 mi
- Beast Mountain Coaster: 18.7 mi
- Texas Falls: 5.2 mi
- Falls of Lana: 5.8 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 11.5 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 13.0 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 13.0 mi
- Brandon Museum: 8.5 mi
- New England Maple Museum: 11.5 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 14.1 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 14.4 mi
- Sheldon Museum: 14.5 mi
- Gorham Covered Bridge: 13.8 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 15.4 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 17.3 mi
- Cilley Covered Bridge: 22.5 mi
- Howe Covered Bridge: 22.7 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 13.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 15.9 mi
- Northeast Community Garden: 17.4 mi
- Northwest Community Garden: 17.8 mi
- Southeast Community Garden: 18.7 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 20.0 mi
- White River Swimming Spot: 22.0 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 24.5 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 6.6 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Lucky Seven: 9.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bread Loaf Mountain | N 4° | 1,165 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Wilson | N 9° | 1,147 m | 9.4 mi |
| Farr Peak | S 172° | 1,071 m | 4.3 mi |
| Bloodroot Mountain | S 171° | 1,061 m | 5.9 mi |
| Battell Mountain | N 7° | 1,043 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Carmel | SSE 165° | 1,027 m | 6.9 mi |
| Cape Lookoff Mountain | SW 221° | 1,024 m | 1.4 mi |
| Gillespie Peak | W 274° | 1,019 m | 1.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:54 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:30 | 16:18 |
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 | 19 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1460577 — Bear Mountain, Windsor County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356554932
Day trips start here
- Middlebury · 13 mi
- Waitsfield · 23 mi
- Crown Point · 25 mi
- Woodstock · 28 mi
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