Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain rises to 502 m in New York. Pharoah Mountain stands 772 m to the south-southwest, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Ragged Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 9.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Essex County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 943285).
Wikidata Q34804659, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 502 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 14.9 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 16.7 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 20.5 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- limited view southeast · 17 mi
- Balfour Lake overlook · 18 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 20 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eagle Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Gull Pond Cliff: 3.7 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 7.1 mi
- Campground Wall: 9.7 mi
- Rogers Slide: 9.8 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Antwine Hill: 1.2 mi
- Blue Hill: 1.2 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.3 mi
- Potter Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Bandstand Park: 6.1 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 7.0 mi
- Rogers Rock Campground Entrance: 9.2 mi
- Hague Town Beach Park: 11.0 mi
- Peggy's Point: 11.0 mi
- Bald Ledge Primitive Area: 6.7 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 7.1 mi
- First Brother Primitive Area: 8.3 mi
- Lake George Land Conservancy: 9.9 mi
- Cook mountain: 10.7 mi
- Schroon Falls: 5.7 mi
- Falls of Carrilon: 11.2 mi
- Uncas Falls: 13.9 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 16.1 mi
- Shoebox Falls: 17.5 mi
- Bandstand: 6.1 mi
- Liberty Monument: 10.5 mi
- Samuel De Champlain Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Meacham House: 15.3 mi
- Historic Redoubt: 15.4 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 6.8 mi
- Ticonderoga Heritage Museum: 11.2 mi
- Mount Independence State Historic Site Museum: 13.3 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 13.5 mi
- The Iron Center: 15.6 mi
- Alma Farm Park: 15.1 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 15.2 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 15.5 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 16.2 mi
- Picnic Island: 17.3 mi
- Park beach: 6.1 mi
- Hague Town Beach: 11.0 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 11.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 15.2 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 16.0 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 13.0 mi
- Nature preserve: 19.7 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 19.9 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 20.5 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 24.0 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 13.0 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 10.9 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 21.8 mi
- Tahawus: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharoah Mountain | SSW 192° | 772 m | 3.1 mi |
| Pharaoh Mountain | SSW 192° | 772 m | 3.1 mi |
| Owl Pate | N 357° | 746 m | 5.9 mi |
| Treadway Mountain | SSE 147° | 684 m | 2.3 mi |
| Big Clear Pond Mountain | SE 126° | 657 m | 2.5 mi |
| Knob Mountain | NE 41° | 617 m | 4.0 mi |
| Peaked Hill | ESE 121° | 593 m | 2.0 mi |
| Bald Pate | NE 46° | 593 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:57 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:33 | 16:20 |
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 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cornwall, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 943285 — Bear Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357547346
Day trips start here
- Crown Point · 12 mi
- Lake George · 18 mi
- Elizabethtown · 23 mi
- Westport · 24 mi
- Middlebury · 27 mi
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