Bear Peak
Bear Peak rises to 2,245 m in New Mexico. South Baldy stands 3,279 m to the northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Alameda Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. El Camino Real passes 20 miles off.
The story
summit in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States
Wikidata Q49077340, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2245 m
How to reach it
- 20.0 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 23.4 mi off the Socorro Historical District Scenic Byway
- 24.7 mi off the Quebradas Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Dabbler Deck · 24 mi
- Flight Deck · 24 mi
- Eagle Scout Deck · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- South Baldy: 6.7 mi
- Italian Peak: 7.1 mi
- Timber Peak: 7.5 mi
- Cerro Pelon: 8.3 mi
- Molino Peak: 9.0 mi
- Alameda Spring: 1.2 mi
- Hardy Spring: 4.9 mi
- Pipeline Spring: 4.9 mi
- Puertecito Spring: 5.0 mi
- Baldy Spring: 6.7 mi
- Shiva:Shiwana: 22.4 mi
- Camino de Sueños: 22.7 mi
- EMRTC Rattlesnake: 22.9 mi
- Passage of the Earth and the Sky: 23.1 mi
- The Desert Maiden: 23.2 mi
- Langmuir Research Site: 6.1 mi
- Socorro Gun Range: 18.8 mi
- San Antonio Park: 23.0 mi
- NMT Alumni Hill Park: 23.0 mi
- Mesa de Contadero Historical Marker: 23.0 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 13.5 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 13.8 mi
- Magdalena Fault Historical Marker: 15.3 mi
- Billing Smelter Historic Site: 22.0 mi
- Texas Volunteers Memorial: 23.0 mi
- Clemens Ranch House: 11.6 mi
- Clemens Ranch House Historic Site: 11.6 mi
- Old Jail House: 13.3 mi
- Dobson House Historic Site: 13.4 mi
- Charles Ilfield Company Warehouse: 13.5 mi
- Mesa del Contadero: 23.7 mi
- Mesa del Contadero: 23.7 mi
- Mesa del Contadero: 23.9 mi
- Mesa del Contadero: 24.0 mi
- Mesa del Contadero: 24.1 mi
- Box Car Museum: 13.5 mi
- New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum: 23.4 mi
- Hammel Museum: 23.9 mi
- López Rose Garden: 23.2 mi
- Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 23.2 mi
- Brown Hall Rose Garden: 23.4 mi
- Fort Craig Rest Area Southbound: 22.3 mi
- Fort Craig Rest Area Northbound: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Bear Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Baldy | NE 47° | 3,279 m | 6.7 mi |
| Timber Peak | ENE 60° | 3,181 m | 7.5 mi |
| West Blue Mountain | SSW 209° | 3,145 m | 20.5 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SSW 207° | 3,135 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Withington | WSW 256° | 3,077 m | 12.5 mi |
| Apache Kid Peak | SSW 202° | 3,065 m | 21.2 mi |
| Teepee Peak | SSW 207° | 3,029 m | 19.8 mi |
| Tower Peak | WSW 251° | 3,026 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 19:47 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:26 | 17:05 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Augustine 2E, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 911373 — Bear Peak, Socorro County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357599430
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