Bearfort Mountain
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Bearfort Mountain rises to 445 m in New Jersey. Taylor Mountain stands 454 m to the north-northeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Emerald Forest Property, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
Bearfort Mountain, historically known as Bear Ford Mountain, is a mountain ridge extending from Wawayanda State Park northward through Abram S. Hewitt State Forest in West Milford, Passaic County, New Jersey. It is a continuation of Bellvale Mountain in New York. The Appalachian Trail crosses along the ridge into New York. Puddingstone of the Skunnemunk Conglomerate is visible along the ridge. At an elevation of 1,331 feet (406 m) the ridge is the site of a 68 feet (21 m) high fire lookout tower built by the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. The mountain was depicted in an 1850 painting by Jasper Francis Cropsey, an American landscape artist of the Hudson River School.
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Wikidata Q19600374, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 445 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 22.6 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
- 25.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 27.8 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 6 mi
- Park Avenue Observatory · 23 mi
- Lifting Rocks Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Emerald Forest Property: 1.3 mi
- Random Woods: 1.5 mi
- Ponderosa II: 2.1 mi
- Apple Acres: 2.5 mi
- Highlands Meadow: 4.8 mi
- Browns Point: 2.5 mi
- town-owned property: 4.5 mi
- town-owned public land: 4.8 mi
- Mountain Lake Park: 5.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 6.8 mi
- Lockheed Constellation: 2.6 mi
- Balanced Rock: 6.2 mi
- Zoom Ziplines at Mountain Creek: 6.3 mi
- Roomy Mine: 6.5 mi
- Blue Mine: 6.8 mi
- Former Lion Enclosure: 3.0 mi
- Long Pond Ironworks: 4.2 mi
- Ghost Bridge: 7.0 mi
- The Backyard: 8.0 mi
- Old Glen Gray Water Tank: 9.2 mi
- Long Hill: 3.1 mi
- West Brook Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Horse Pond Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Harrison Mountain South Peak: 4.4 mi
- Monks Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Rain Garden: 5.9 mi
- Pinetum: 8.0 mi
- Octagonal Garden: 8.0 mi
- Magnolia Walk: 8.0 mi
- Azaela Garden: 8.1 mi
- Crumbling Under Pressure: 11.5 mi
- Gravitas Wall: 11.5 mi
- Party Wall: 11.5 mi
- Vulnerability Corner: 11.5 mi
- Yankee Ramparts: 11.6 mi
- Wine and Design Warwick: 7.0 mi
- Eagles: 8.0 mi
- Eagles: 8.0 mi
- Swan Boy: 8.1 mi
- Four Continents Statues: 8.2 mi
- Butler Museum: 9.7 mi
- Franklin Heritage Museum: 10.2 mi
- Franklin Mineral Museum Inc: 10.4 mi
- Oakland Historical Society: 11.1 mi
- Old Schoolhouse and Firehouse Museum: 11.3 mi
- Upper Greenwood Lake Beach: 3.4 mi
- Highland Lakes Beach 5: 3.7 mi
- Wawayanda Beach: 3.9 mi
- Highland Lakes Beach 6: 4.0 mi
- Highland Lakes Beach 4: 4.0 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Kakiat Park: 14.4 mi
- Duck Pond Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Rea House Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Two Field Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 4.3 mi
- Otter Hole: 6.8 mi
- Chikahoki Falls: 7.3 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 11.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 14.0 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 20.6 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 20.7 mi
- Pike Welcome Center: 22.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 23.5 mi
- Monksville: 4.9 mi
- New City Village: 8.3 mi
- Doodletown: 23.0 mi
- Waterloo Village: 24.5 mi
- Boiling Spring: 16.6 mi
- Artesian Spring: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Bearfort Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Mountain | NNE 22° | 454 m | 5.2 mi |
| Wawayanda Mountain | NW 320° | 448 m | 5.3 mi |
| Granite Peak | WNW 292° | 445 m | 6.6 mi |
| South Peak | WNW 284° | 440 m | 7.0 mi |
| Hamburg Mountain | W 275° | 433 m | 7.2 mi |
| Vernon Peak | WNW 295° | 427 m | 6.4 mi |
| Warwick Mountain | NNE 22° | 410 m | 6.5 mi |
| Bellvale Mountain | NE 39° | 406 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:53 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:48 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotteburg Rsvr, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Skylands · 7 mi
- Passaic County · 9 mi
- Suffern · 13 mi
- Wyckoff · 15 mi
- Boonton · 16 mi
- Lincoln Park · 16 mi
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