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Bear Mountain Reservation

Bear Mountain Reservation from directly overhead

Bear Mountain Reservation is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 266 m. Birch Hill stands 386 m to the northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

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The record

What the record says

Elevation
266 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.44771, -73.46015

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sweetcake Mountain Preserve: 1.4 mi
  • Candlewood Lake (Lattins Cove) Boat Launch: 1.6 mi
  • Candlewood Town Park: 1.6 mi
  • Hatters Park: 1.9 mi
  • Eriksen Farm Open Space: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
  • 9-11 Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 4.3 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 4.3 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Lions Club: 4.5 mi
Museums
Gardens: 48
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 4.7 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 4.7 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 7.5 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 9.3 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 12.1 mi
Waterfalls: 34
  • Lower Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 11.4 mi
Beaches: 29
Attractions: 20
Artworks: 14
  • greek letter pi: 2.4 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 3.0 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.8 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 8
  • Oak Grove: 14.5 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 14.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 14.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 14.7 mi
  • Pell Hill: 14.8 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 5.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 15.2 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 13.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Bear Mountain Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Birch HillNW 316°386 m7.2 mi
Cranberry MountainNW 306°376 m6.6 mi
Beaver Bog MountainNW 320°358 m4.6 mi
Wanzer MountainNNW 343°346 m6.0 mi
Green Pond MountainN 2°323 m7.2 mi
Briggs HillNNW 347°323 m7.6 mi
Titicus MountainW 272°313 m2.6 mi
Great MountainN 4°310 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Mourning Dove18 obs
  • Silvery Blue16 obs
  • Northern Cardinal15 obs
  • Spongy Moth15 obs
  • Blue Jay12 obs
  • White-tailed Deer12 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker12 obs
  • House Sparrow11 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 way/43435950

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