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Polar Bear Peak

Polar Bear Peak, a peak in Alaska
Polar Bear Peak, a peak in AlaskaPaxson Woelber · CC BY-SA 2.5
Polar Bear Peak, a peak in Alaska
Walter Siegmund (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Polar Bear Peak, a peak in Alaska
Walter Siegmund (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Polar Bear Peak, a peak in Alaska
Walter Siegmund (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Polar Bear Peak, a peak in Alaska
Walter Siegmund (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Polar Bear Peak, a peak in Alaska
Walter Siegmund (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Polar Bear Peak rises to 2,016 m in Alaska. Bellicose Peak stands 2,328 m to the northeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Point, a peak 1.1 miles away. Seward Highway passes 14 miles off.

About

The story

Polar Bear Peak is a 6,614-foot (2,016 m) mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska, located in Chugach State Park. Situated in the Chugach Mountains, it lies at the head of South Fork Eagle River, 5 mi (8.0 km) ESE of Eagle Lake, and 22 miles (35 km) ESE of downtown Anchorage. The peak was named in 1963 by members of the Mountaineering Club of Alaska because a snow patch on its north face resembles a Polar bear skin.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q1373558, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2016 m
Getting there

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Coordinates61.15181, -149.19933

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Heritage Point: 1.1 mi
  • Compass Butte: 1.4 mi
  • The Fledgling: 1.8 mi
  • Organ Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Raptor Point: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • Glen Eagle Park: 12.8 mi
  • Moose Meadow Park: 13.2 mi
  • Girdwood Town Square Park: 13.2 mi
  • Girdwood Park: 13.4 mi
  • Hillcrest Park: 15.2 mi
Historic sites: 29
Artworks: 23
  • Anchorage Holiday Star: 13.4 mi
  • Ursus botanicus: 18.7 mi
  • Chevy Truck: 18.7 mi
  • VW Flower Bus: 18.8 mi
  • Listening to Stone: Stone Waveform: 18.8 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Chanshtnu Gardens: 18.0 mi
  • Anchorage Heritage Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Lile's Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Herb Garden: 18.8 mi
  • Alaska Botanical Garden: 18.8 mi
Museums: 8
Attractions: 7
  • Mt.Alyeska Tram: 13.0 mi
  • Indian Valley Mine: 15.9 mi
  • Dall Sheep: 19.9 mi
  • Potter Historic Site: 21.1 mi
  • Eklutna Historical Park: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Beaver Beach: 5.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Russian Jack Spring: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Taku lake Picnic Site: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Polar Bear Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bellicose PeakNE 42°2,328 m8.3 mi
Mount YuklaNE 46°2,297 m3.9 mi
Mount RumbleNNE 29°2,295 m8.3 mi
West Kiliak PeakNNE 25°2,271 m4.9 mi
Mount BeelzebubENE 66°2,219 m6.4 mi
Mount SoggyNE 53°2,192 m5.2 mi
East Kiliak PeakNNE 31°2,164 m5.0 mi
Peril PeakENE 58°2,146 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5919:1520:12
June solstice04:1922:1323:40
September equinox07:4219:0219:59
December solstice10:12—15:40

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F142025374755585547342016
Precip in2.31.61.60.80.91.31.72.63.62.51.72.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eagle RVR Nature CTR, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/8229054747

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