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Bear Spring

Bear Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Spring is a spring in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 2,132 m. Willard Peak stands 2,976 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away. Ogden River Scenic Byway passes 3.9 miles off.

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Coordinates41.19690, -111.84862

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • De Moisy Peak: 1.4 mi
  • Strawberry Peak: 1.5 mi
  • The Needles: 1.5 mi
  • Mount Ogden: 1.8 mi
  • No Name Peak: 1.9 mi
Parks
  • Hill Air Force Base Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
  • Mount Ogden Park: 4.6 mi
  • Beus Park: 4.7 mi
  • Marquardt Park: 4.7 mi
  • College Heights Park: 4.8 mi
Springs: 58
  • Willow Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Wheeler Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Hawkins Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Ogden Hot Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Monastery Spring: 7.4 mi
Historic sites: 44
Museums: 35
Picnic sites: 14
Attractions: 10
  • The W: 4.3 mi
  • Fort Buenaventura: 7.5 mi
  • Snow Horse: 9.4 mi
  • Tepanyaki: 10.4 mi
  • Classic Fun Center: 11.3 mi
Artworks: 10
Beaches: 9
  • Windsurfer Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Anderson Cove Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Cemetery Point Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Pelican Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Middle Inlet Beach: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves: 9
  • Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area: 14.1 mi
  • The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve: 15.2 mi
  • Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area: 15.9 mi
  • Howard Slough Waterfowl Management Area: 16.3 mi
  • Legacy Nature Reserve: 18.0 mi
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 3
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Bear Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Willard PeakNNW 333°2,976 m14.4 mi
Ben LomondNNW 333°2,960 m12.9 mi
Thurston PeakS 181°2,954 m7.9 mi
Mount OgdenW 277°2,917 m1.8 mi
Francis PeakS 177°2,904 m11.3 mi
Snow Horse RidgeS 180°2,893 m9.3 mi
Allen PeakWNW 285°2,885 m1.9 mi
James PeakNNE 12°2,869 m13.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0319:40
June solstice05:5520:2321:04
September equinox07:1618:5019:26
December solstice07:5016:1817:02

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212535435260696758463423
Precip in4.13.23.33.23.11.80.71.01.72.72.63.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pineview DAM, 4 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Aug — fullest in May, leanest in Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs13.042.411124629619011110455.213.810.314.8

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Ogden River BL Pineview Res NR Huntsville, UT, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Glacier Lily15 obs
  • Western Terrestrial Garter Snake14 obs
  • northern mule's ears14 obs
  • quaking aspen13 obs
  • Moose12 obs
  • Wild Turkey11 obs
  • bigtooth maple11 obs
  • Wasatch Beardtongue11 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3299846323

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