Bear Hill
Bear Hill rises to 390 m in Connecticut. Above All stands 450 m to the north-northeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807605, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 390 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Iron Hill: 0.6 mi
- Sawyer Hill: 1.1 mi
- Sugar Loaf Hill: 1.9 mi
- Peet Hill: 1.9 mi
- New Preston Hill: 2.0 mi
- Nostrand Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Kahn Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Carlson's Grove: 1.2 mi
- Mount Tom Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Mount Bushnell State Park Scenic Reserve: 2.8 mi
- Lake Waramaug Boat Ramp (Town of Washington): 3.0 mi
- Warren Town Beach: 3.9 mi
- Emmanuel Williamson Park: 4.1 mi
- Bryan Plaza: 4.3 mi
- Charlie Jones Veterans Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
- Mill Ruins: 2.6 mi
- Jim Hulton: 4.2 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 6.2 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 6.4 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 5.0 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 5.1 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 5.4 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 6.7 mi
- Northrop House: 7.5 mi
- New Preston Falls: 2.6 mi
- Kent Falls: 8.0 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 10.3 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 12.0 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 12.3 mi
- Indian village: 5.1 mi
- New Milford Tank: 5.6 mi
- Peter's Forge: 6.8 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 7.5 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 8.7 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 7.6 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 7.8 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 9.2 mi
- Pine Ledge: 10.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 10.3 mi
- Judea Garden: 3.8 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 12.8 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 13.8 mi
- Personal Gardens: 14.4 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 18.5 mi
- Kelly Slide: 5.9 mi
- Pine Ledge: 6.2 mi
- Grand Staircase: 6.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 8.1 mi
- Bethel Rock: 13.0 mi
- Jean Widmark: 9.1 mi
- Lesser Evil: 16.9 mi
- greek letter pi: 17.1 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 19.7 mi
- Ben Franklin: 19.7 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Dudley Town: 10.6 mi
- Dicktown: 23.1 mi
- Hermit spring: 23.3 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 24.3 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Above All | NNE 27° | 450 m | 5.3 mi |
| Bromica Mountain | N 354° | 428 m | 6.0 mi |
| Huckleberry Hill | N 10° | 426 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mauwee Peak | N 349° | 426 m | 6.3 mi |
| Saint Johns Peak | NNW 347° | 407 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNW 343° | 400 m | 4.7 mi |
| Kent Mountain | NNW 339° | 389 m | 5.6 mi |
| Rabbit Hill | NE 42° | 385 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359260018
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 24 mi
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