Bear Spring
Bear Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 2,855 m. Escudilla Mountain stands 3,326 m to the north-northeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Snow Shoe Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 14.6 mi off the White Mountain Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Snow Shoe Spring: 0.6 mi
- Upper Beaver Spring: 2.3 mi
- Willimans Valley Spring: 2.4 mi
- Joes Spring: 2.5 mi
- Georges Spring: 3.2 mi
- South Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Gobbler Point: 0.8 mi
- Tenney Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Tenny Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Noble Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Burke Point: 10.5 mi
- Devils Washboard: 13.5 mi
- Point of the Mountain: 17.4 mi
- Tige Rim: 19.7 mi
- Amberon Point: 19.8 mi
- Dangerous Park: 18.7 mi
- Crabtree Park: 21.3 mi
- Sunrise Park: 24.7 mi
- Butterfly Lodge Museum: 20.3 mi
- Casa Malpais Archaeological Park & Museum: 21.8 mi
- Madonna of the Trail: 21.9 mi
- Public Viewing Area: 22.1 mi
- Chitty Falls: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Bear Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escudilla Mountain | NNE 19° | 3,326 m | 9.3 mi |
| Escudilla Lookout | NNE 22° | 3,315 m | 8.8 mi |
| Wahl Knoll | NW 314° | 2,967 m | 16.1 mi |
| Pat Knoll | NW 318° | 2,929 m | 12.6 mi |
| Noble Mountain | N 351° | 2,919 m | 4.9 mi |
| Rudd Knoll | NW 315° | 2,918 m | 14.9 mi |
| South Mountain | ESE 103° | 2,899 m | 0.7 mi |
| Pat Knoll | NW 321° | 2,891 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:21 | 17:56 | 18:29 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| September equinox | 06:06 | 17:42 | 18:15 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:34 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 38 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 63 | 61 | 56 | 47 | 38 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alpine, 2 mi away.
- quaking aspen4 obs
- Scarlet Gilia3 obs
- hemlock varnish shelf3 obs
- pleated gentian3 obs
- Woods' rose3 obs
- manyflowered gromwell3 obs
- Wapiti3 obs
- Spring Polypore3 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2006099900
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