Bear Peak
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Bear Peak rises to 2,578 m in Colorado. Starr Peak stands 3,198 m to the southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is South Boulder Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 15 miles off.
The story
Bear Peak is a mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 8,459-foot (2,578 m) peak is located in Boulder Mountain Park, 5.2 miles (8.3 km) south-southwest (bearing 206°) of downtown Boulder in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.
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Wikidata Q4876523, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2578 m
How to reach it
- 14.8 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Denver Mountain Parks · 16 mi
- Buffalo Herd Overlook · 17 mi
- Point of Geological Interest · 19 mi
- Jumbo Tron · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- South Boulder Peak: 0.5 mi
- Nebel Horn: 0.5 mi
- Seal Rock: 0.7 mi
- Dinosaur Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Table Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Boulder Mountain Park: 1.0 mi
- Bear Creek Park: 2.2 mi
- Shanahan Ridge Park: 2.3 mi
- Bill Bower Park: 2.5 mi
- Harlow Platts Community Park: 2.6 mi
- NCAR Exhibits: 1.6 mi
- Neptune Museum: 2.9 mi
- Neptune Mountaineering: 2.9 mi
- Museum of Natural History - Henderson Building: 3.4 mi
- Fiske Planetarium: 3.4 mi
- Old Jake: 1.7 mi
- The Flower on the Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Appositio: 3.5 mi
- Grand Challenges in Global Health: 3.5 mi
- John Garrey Tippit Memorial Sundial: 3.6 mi
- Waterwise Garden: 2.6 mi
- Centennial Garden: 2.7 mi
- Centennial Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Fortune Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Goss Grove Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- En Memoria de Los Seis de Boulder: 2.7 mi
- Arbor: 2.8 mi
- Colorado Chautauqua National Historic Landmark: 2.8 mi
- Baseline marker: 3.3 mi
- Marshall Fire -Robert Sharpe: 3.4 mi
- Boulder Star: 3.2 mi
- Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre: 3.5 mi
- Mork & Mindy Show House: 4.4 mi
- Celestial Seasonings Tour: 7.9 mi
- Celestial Seasonings Tasting Room: 7.9 mi
- National Center for Atmospheric Research: 1.6 mi
- Davidson Mesa: 6.6 mi
- National Wildlife Refuge: 6.8 mi
- Leon Wurl Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.1 mi
- Bowes Open Space: 8.0 mi
- Front Porch: 1.2 mi
- Raptor Nesting Site: 2.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 5.3 mi
- The Amphitheatre: 5.7 mi
- Bitty Buttress: 5.7 mi
- Barbeque: 3.5 mi
- Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Mount Alto Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Tungsten: 9.6 mi
- Arapahoe: 14.2 mi
- Serene: 14.8 mi
- Caribou: 15.1 mi
- Nevadaville: 17.0 mi
- Boulder Falls: 6.7 mi
- Copeland Falls: 22.3 mi
- Hidden Falls: 22.3 mi
- Lower Copeland Falls: 22.3 mi
- Upper Copeland Falls: 22.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 20.1 mi
- Arapaho Spring: 21.5 mi
- Wilson Spring: 23.8 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Bear Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starr Peak | SW 235° | 3,198 m | 8.0 mi |
| Thorodin Mountain | SW 234° | 3,195 m | 8.5 mi |
| Tremont Mountain | SW 229° | 3,163 m | 9.9 mi |
| Centralia Mountain | SSW 204° | 2,982 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Tom | SSW 197° | 2,969 m | 10.4 mi |
| Miramonte Mountain | SW 231° | 2,915 m | 7.7 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SSW 201° | 2,846 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Thomas | SW 232° | 2,845 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:57 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 35 | 43 | 49 | 57 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358916603
Day trips start here
- Boulder · 4 mi
- Golden · 15 mi
- Arvada · 16 mi
- Idaho Springs · 19 mi
- Denver · 22 mi
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