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Bear Peak

Bear Peak, a peak in Colorado
Bear Peak, a peak in ColoradoWendell Smith · CC BY 3.0
Bear Peak, a peak in Colorado
Wendell Smith · CC BY 3.0
Bear Peak, a peak in Colorado
Thomson200 · CC0
Bear Peak, a peak in Colorado
Thomson200 · CC0
Bear Peak, a peak in Colorado
Thomson M · CC BY 3.0
Bear Peak, a peak in Colorado
Jonathan Corbet · CC BY-SA 3.0

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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.

About

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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q4876523, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2,578 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.96024, -105.29522

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites: 57
  • 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
Gardens: 55
  • 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
Cliffs: 49
  • 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
Nature reserves: 48
Picnic sites: 28
  • 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
Attractions: 16
Ghost towns: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • 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
Springs: 3
  • Crystal Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Arapaho Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 23.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Bear Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Starr PeakSW3,198 m8.0 mi
Thorodin MountainSW3,195 m8.5 mi
Tremont MountainSW3,163 m9.9 mi
Centralia MountainSSW2,982 m9.9 mi
Mount TomSSW2,969 m10.4 mi
Miramonte MountainSW2,915 m7.7 mi
Blue MountainSSW2,846 m6.2 mi
Mount ThomasSW2,845 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543495767737164524134
Precip in0.81.02.03.03.21.91.81.72.11.61.20.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358916603

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