Bear Spring
Bear Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 2,029 m. Big Pryor Mountain stands 2,675 m to the east, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bent Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2029 m
How to reach it
52 named places within 25 miles
- Black Butte: 6.2 mi
- Big Pryor Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Crown Butte: 7.5 mi
- Red Pryor Mountain: 8.9 mi
- West Pryor Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Bent Spring: 1.0 mi
- Ingram Spring: 1.9 mi
- Angus Spring: 2.3 mi
- Indian Spring: 3.6 mi
- Trappers Cabin Spring: 7.2 mi
- Jim Bridger Mountain Man Historical Marker: 15.6 mi
- Bridger City Park: 16.5 mi
- Bridger Basketball Court: 16.6 mi
- Jim Bridger Park: 16.6 mi
- Memorial Park: 16.6 mi
- Chief Plenty Coups Museum: 17.7 mi
- Chief Plenty Coups House: 17.7 mi
- Clarks Fork Valley Museum: 20.5 mi
- Ewing-Snell Ranch: 18.3 mi
- Caroline Lockhart Ranch: 18.5 mi
- Hillsboro: 19.5 mi
- Tony Island: 11.3 mi
- Gramps Bluff: 19.9 mi
- Two Eagles Interpretive Trail: 18.9 mi
- Seven Rams Landing: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pryor Mountain | E 98° | 2,675 m | 7.3 mi |
| East Pryor Mountain | E 92° | 2,673 m | 13.7 mi |
| Red Pryor Mountain | ESE 117° | 2,575 m | 8.9 mi |
| Crown Butte | NE 43° | 2,097 m | 7.5 mi |
| West Pryor Mountain | N 1° | 2,036 m | 10.0 mi |
| Black Butte | W 279° | 1,577 m | 6.2 mi |
| The Big Slide | WNW 286° | 1,555 m | 24.1 mi |
| Penney Peak | SE 131° | 1,536 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:48 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:21 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 15:47 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridger 2 N, 18 mi away.
- Howard's Alpine Forget-me-not3 obs
- spiny phlox2 obs
- Tufted Milkvetch2 obs
- leafy wildparsley2 obs
- Crested-tongue Beardtongue2 obs
- Prairie Falcon1 obs
- Plains Spadefoot1 obs
- Greater Short-horned Lizard1 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/4087232190
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