Bear Hill
Bear Hill rises to 475 m in New Hampshire. Summit stands 828 m to the west-northwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Larsen Memorial Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States of America; geonames ID = 5083134.
Wikidata Q34821223, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 475 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 12.5 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 16.5 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 18.9 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 2 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 24 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 25 mi
- Indian Ridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Larsen Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Fishersfield Park: 1.1 mi
- Sunapee State Park: 2.4 mi
- Pillsbury-Sunapee Corridor: 2.4 mi
- Whitman Park: 3.7 mi
- Bald Sunapee: 1.1 mi
- South Peak: 1.7 mi
- Eagles Nest: 1.9 mi
- Sunapee Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Morse Hill: 2.2 mi
- Between the Mountains Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Hay Reservation: 3.5 mi
- John Hay National Wildlife Refuge: 3.6 mi
- West Meadow Wetland Conservation Area: 3.9 mi
- Bradford Pines Natural Area: 4.0 mi
- State Park Beach: 3.5 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 4.8 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 5.6 mi
- Dewey Beach: 7.1 mi
- Elkins Beach: 9.2 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 3.6 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 6.5 mi
- Sunapee Historical Society: 6.8 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 7.6 mi
- Newport Historical Society Museum: 8.6 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 9.3 mi
- naval gun: 16.4 mi
- civil war: 16.4 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 19.3 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 7.9 mi
- Gleason Falls: 11.4 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 20.9 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 21.0 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 23.0 mi
- Baker Ledge: 8.1 mi
- The Bulkhead: 15.2 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 22.9 mi
- Table Rock: 23.7 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 8.1 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 23.0 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 8.6 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 23.0 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Salmond Covered Bridge: 24.9 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 12.2 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Hippy Hill: 17.5 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 20.2 mi
- Everett Dam: 23.3 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 24.2 mi
- (seasonal): 7.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit | WNW 291° | 828 m | 2.6 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | WNW 288° | 824 m | 2.1 mi |
| South Peak | WNW 296° | 794 m | 1.7 mi |
| Lucias Lookout | SW 236° | 756 m | 2.9 mi |
| Lovewell Mountain | SSW 195° | 751 m | 7.0 mi |
| Little Sunapee Mountain | SW 223° | 734 m | 3.6 mi |
| Goves Mountain | SW 235° | 721 m | 5.1 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | SW 229° | 698 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bradford 2, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357729422
Day trips start here
- New London · 8 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 14 mi
- Claremont · 17 mi
- Cornish · 21 mi
- Franklin · 21 mi
- Windsor · 22 mi
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