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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
2,016 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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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: 27
Artworks: 21
  • 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: 15
  • Chanshtnu Gardens: 18.0 mi
  • Anchorage Heritage Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Lile's Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Alaska Botanical Garden: 18.8 mi
  • Rock 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 PeakNE2,328 m8.3 mi
Mount YuklaNE2,297 m3.9 mi
Mount RumbleNNE2,295 m8.3 mi
West Kiliak PeakNNE2,271 m4.9 mi
Mount BeelzebubENE2,219 m6.4 mi
Mount SoggyNE2,192 m5.2 mi
East Kiliak PeakNNE2,164 m5.0 mi
Peril PeakENE2,146 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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