Bear Hill
Bear Hill rises to 232 m in Connecticut. Ragged Hill stands 265 m to the north-northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Clark Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 7.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Windham County, Connecticut, United States of America (GNIS ID = 205255).
Wikidata Q31807609, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 232 m
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 12.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 6.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 26.9 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Acres Lake Boat Launch: 1.2 mi
- Edward Garrison Park: 1.8 mi
- Hampton Reservoir Boat Launch: 3.4 mi
- Mount Hope Park: 3.8 mi
- Halls Pond Boat Launch: 3.8 mi
- Clark Hill: 0.8 mi
- Sunset Hill: 1.2 mi
- Hampton Hill: 2.2 mi
- Shaw Hill: 2.9 mi
- Parish Hill: 2.9 mi
- Natchaug Property: 1.3 mi
- Maurice and Rita Edwards Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Diana's Pool: 1.6 mi
- Natchaug River Water Access: 1.7 mi
- Stone Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 5.7 mi
- Old root cellar: 6.4 mi
- Wolf Den Plaque: 7.0 mi
- World War II Veterans Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Israel Putnam Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 6.4 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 7.4 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 7.5 mi
- Windham Textile and History Museum: 7.5 mi
- Jillison House Museum: 7.7 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 7.5 mi
- U’s and C’s: 7.5 mi
- Copper Tower: 7.6 mi
- Manny: 7.7 mi
- Willy: 7.7 mi
- Wolf Rock: 6.1 mi
- Frog Rock: 6.2 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 6.3 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 6.4 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road: 7.7 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 1.6 mi
- Codfish Falls: 7.0 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 9.0 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 10.2 mi
- Cargill Falls: 13.2 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 6.7 mi
- Mary's Garden: 7.6 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 8.1 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 8.2 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 8.2 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 11.3 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 12.7 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 16.6 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 16.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 17.2 mi
- Coney Rock: 5.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 5.8 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Flag Rock: 17.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 21.4 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 12.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 12.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 21.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 7.9 mi
- Gay City State Park: 18.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 6.7 mi
- Picnic: 16.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ragged Hill | NNE 24° | 265 m | 8.8 mi |
| Sprague Hill | NNE 16° | 257 m | 5.7 mi |
| Sherman Hill | NNE 24° | 252 m | 6.8 mi |
| Wheaton Hill | NNE 25° | 251 m | 8.1 mi |
| Pisgah Hill | NNE 19° | 248 m | 7.2 mi |
| Wenberg Hill | NW 317° | 245 m | 9.1 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | NNW 343° | 241 m | 4.2 mi |
| Sunset Hill | ENE 61° | 240 m | 1.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 27 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hampton, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359259802
Day trips start here
- Storrs · 8 mi
- Willimantic · 8 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 10 mi
- Putnam · 13 mi
- Woodstock · 13 mi
- Union · 14 mi
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