Bear Rocks
Bear Rocks rises to 1,222 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Stack Rock, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Wilderness area in West Virginia, United States.
Wikidata Q4876567, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,222 m
How to reach it
- 17.6 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 19.7 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 25.8 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 26.9 mi off the Cheat River Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Stack Rock: 0.8 mi
- Blackbird Knob: 3.9 mi
- Rocky Knob: 4.0 mi
- Harman Knob: 4.9 mi
- New Creek Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Echo Park: 7.3 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Davis Riverfront Park: 9.7 mi
- Davis Park: 9.9 mi
- Day Park: 10.0 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 10.3 mi
- Elakala Falls: 11.0 mi
- Douglas Falls: 12.4 mi
- Albert Falls: 12.5 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 20.4 mi
- Stony River Dam: 4.4 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 12.3 mi
- Highest Point on the Maryland State Roads System: 17.0 mi
- Cobbler Shop in 1859: 23.9 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 23.9 mi
- Baker Rocks: 16.2 mi
- Lower Slabs: 16.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 17.0 mi
- Southern Pillar: 17.1 mi
- Eagle Rock: 17.2 mi
- Sites Homestead: 16.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 17.0 mi
- Garrett County Historical Museum: 23.9 mi
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station: 24.0 mi
- Garrett County Museum of Transportation: 24.0 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 11.0 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 17.8 mi
- Pleasant Valley Dreamrides: 20.1 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 22.0 mi
- Stringtown: 11.1 mi
- Kempton: 13.6 mi
- Mill Run: 13.9 mi
- Smoke Hole: 14.9 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 9.0 mi
- Lost River State Park: 24.1 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 9.8 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 23.5 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 24.5 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Bear Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | SW 220° | 1,452 m | 13.1 mi |
| Green Knob | SSW 213° | 1,424 m | 14.4 mi |
| Haystack Knob | SSW 213° | 1,376 m | 13.9 mi |
| Weiss Knob | SW 232° | 1,359 m | 8.9 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | SW 224° | 1,348 m | 17.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | WSW 237° | 1,332 m | 8.3 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | SW 234° | 1,331 m | 8.0 mi |
| Cabin | WSW 238° | 1,304 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:16 | 16:59 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 29 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Davis 3SE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4959045214
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