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Bear Hill Conservancy Land

Bear Hill Conservancy Land from directly overhead

Bear Hill Conservancy Land is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 424 m. Smarts Mountain stands 983 m to the north, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugar Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 6.3 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Bear Hill Conservancy Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.77078, -72.03899

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Sugar Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Winslow Ledge: 1.9 mi
  • Cole Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Pollard Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Norris Hill: 2.7 mi
Cliffs
  • Winslow Ledge: 2.0 mi
  • Holt's Ledge: 3.2 mi
  • Buffalo Pit: 9.7 mi
  • Small Wall: 9.7 mi
  • Slab Wall: 9.7 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Goose Pond Park: 4.7 mi
  • Lyme Common: 6.5 mi
  • Chase Beach Recreation Area: 6.8 mi
  • The Common: 8.7 mi
  • Williams Field: 8.8 mi
Historic sites: 35
  • Lyme Cannon: 6.6 mi
  • Former Hall Place: 6.8 mi
  • The Bill Farm: 6.9 mi
  • Canaan Veterans' Memorial: 8.7 mi
  • North Thetford Bridge: 8.7 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Goose Pond Park Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Goose Pond Dam Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Chase Town Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Canaan Street Lake Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Sculptured Rocks: 10.2 mi
  • Elizabeth Falls: 11.2 mi
  • The Chutes: 11.2 mi
  • The Chutes: 11.2 mi
  • Welton Falls: 11.7 mi
Artworks: 17
Attractions: 16
Museums: 15
Covered bridges: 9
Picnic sites: 5
Gardens: 5
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
  • Crystal Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 18.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Bear Hill Conservancy Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Smarts MountainN 5°983 m3.8 mi
FirescrewSE 141°934 m10.2 mi
Mount CubeN 6°873 m8.0 mi
Black HillNNE 18°793 m6.6 mi
Lampier HillNNE 23°722 m5.0 mi
Mowglis MountainSE 132°720 m10.0 mi
Mount TugSE 144°713 m7.5 mi
Thompson HillESE 121°709 m2.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:01
June solstice05:0719:5020:34
September equinox06:3618:1018:48
December solstice07:2015:2716:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130425463696760473625
Precip in2.72.33.03.43.64.14.63.93.64.73.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wentworth, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47798882

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