Bear Hill
Bear Hill rises to 402 m in New Hampshire. Knights Hill stands 573 m to the northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverwalk, a park 1.4 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States of America (GNIS ID = 865442).
Wikidata Q34821199, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 402 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 5.4 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 10.4 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 20.0 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 16 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverwalk: 1.4 mi
- Contoocook River Access: 1.5 mi
- Grimes Field: 1.8 mi
- Kemp Park: 2.1 mi
- Millworkers Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Young Forest: 1.6 mi
- Gerard J. Dumas Forest: 1.6 mi
- Tyrrell Waters Tract: 1.6 mi
- Dudley Pond Forest: 1.9 mi
- Standke Tract: 2.1 mi
- Sodom Hill: 1.6 mi
- Morrill Hill: 1.8 mi
- Mount Hunger: 2.5 mi
- Cove Hill: 2.7 mi
- Proctor Hill: 3.0 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Burnham School (historical): 12.8 mi
- Clifford Nyquist Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Goffstown Public Library: 14.9 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Weare Historical Society: 6.8 mi
- Little Nature Museum: 10.6 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 10.7 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 10.8 mi
- Washington Historical Society: 12.3 mi
- Campers Beach: 11.9 mi
- Picnickers Beach: 12.0 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 16.6 mi
- Sunset Beach: 17.3 mi
- Riverland Beach: 17.7 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 17.0 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 17.0 mi
- Christa McAuliffe: 17.0 mi
- Daniel Webster: 17.0 mi
- General John Stark: 17.0 mi
- Gleason Falls: 5.1 mi
- Brennan Falls: 9.5 mi
- Senter Falls: 14.5 mi
- Bonner Falls: 16.0 mi
- Upper Falls: 18.3 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 9.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliff: 15.1 mi
- Baker Ledge: 16.5 mi
- Billings Fold: 22.4 mi
- Black Precipice: 22.7 mi
- Everett Dam: 10.2 mi
- Frog Rock: 15.1 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 17.6 mi
- The Amoskeag Fishways: 21.2 mi
- Block Party Social: 22.2 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 18.4 mi
- Noahs Ark: 19.8 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 20.8 mi
- Botanical Garden: 24.6 mi
- (seasonal): 11.5 mi
- River Road Spring: 13.4 mi
- Falcon Spring: 22.4 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 8.5 mi
- Wright Grove: 24.8 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knights Hill | NW 324° | 573 m | 7.5 mi |
| Thompson Hill | NW 313° | 536 m | 6.2 mi |
| Rowes Hill | NW 325° | 525 m | 7.3 mi |
| Windsor Mountain | WSW 251° | 487 m | 7.9 mi |
| Stowe Hill | WNW 288° | 481 m | 7.9 mi |
| Clark Summit | S 190° | 465 m | 3.8 mi |
| Riley Mountain | WSW 239° | 441 m | 4.8 mi |
| Wilson Hill | S 186° | 427 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:29 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Weare 2 NE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357717758
Day trips start here
- Concord · 17 mi
- Merrimack Valley · 17 mi
- Hooksett · 20 mi
- Bedford · 21 mi
- New London · 21 mi
- Amherst · 22 mi
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