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Bear Hill

Bear Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
Bear Hill, a peak in Massachusetts4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0
Bear Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0
Bear Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0

Bear Hill rises to 89 m in Massachusetts. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the northeast, 1.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Camp 2 Foundation, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.6 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America; geonames ID = 4930044.

Wikidata Q49011331, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
89 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.37898, -71.26700

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Old Camp 2 Foundation: 0.6 mi
  • Richard Saivetz '69: 0.9 mi
  • Usen Castle: 1.0 mi
  • Ski Lift Operators Cabin: 1.1 mi
  • City of Waltham Centennial Memorial: 1.6 mi
Parks
  • Cedarwood Playground: 0.9 mi
  • Nipper Maher Park: 1.0 mi
  • Czarnowski Field: 1.3 mi
  • Drake Playground: 1.3 mi
  • Thompson Playground: 1.3 mi
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 9.9 mi
Gardens
Attractions: 51
  • Ponyhenge: 3.5 mi
  • vernal pool: 4.3 mi
  • Bowman Tavern: 4.7 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 4.9 mi
  • Paul Revere Capture Site: 4.9 mi
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Site 9: 0.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 0.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 0.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 0.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 0.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 15.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Commissioners Landing: 10.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 12.5 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillNE135 m1.0 mi
Little ProspectENE133 m0.7 mi
Reeves HillWSW122 m4.9 mi
Whipple HillNE110 m6.1 mi
Loring HillNNE109 m4.4 mi
Doublet HillS108 m2.1 mi
Granny HillNNE108 m5.6 mi
Turkey HillNE107 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358272404

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