Bear Hill
Bear Hill rises to 133 m in Maine. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the north-northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Captain Hanson Gregory, a historic site 0.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Knox County, Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33136647, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 133 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Johnson Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Glen Cove Park: 0.9 mi
- Marie Reed Park: 1.9 mi
- Jaycee Park: 1.9 mi
- Walter Butler Square: 1.9 mi
- Dodge Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.2 mi
- Beech Hill: 1.7 mi
- Benner Hill: 2.0 mi
- Ingraham Hill: 4.3 mi
- Beech Hill Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Sides Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Rockland Bog Overlook: 2.3 mi
- Erickson Fields: 2.7 mi
- Harkness Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.2 mi
- Goodie's Beach: 3.2 mi
- Laite Memorial Beach: 4.8 mi
- Shirt Tail Point: 5.7 mi
- Crockett's Beach: 6.1 mi
- Shore Village Lighthouse Museum Library: 2.8 mi
- Shore Village Museum: 2.8 mi
- Farnsworth Art Museum: 2.8 mi
- Center for Maine Contemporary Art: 2.8 mi
- Maine Lighthouse Museum: 2.9 mi
- Millerite Ledges: 7.6 mi
- Maiden Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Spruce Head: 12.2 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 14.5 mi
- The Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 0.8 mi
- Cannon: 2.4 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 15.0 mi
- St. George Fisherman Memorial: 17.4 mi
- Arthur Noble Memorial: 19.3 mi
- Puffin Wall: 2.7 mi
- Seagull: 2.7 mi
- Lobster: 2.9 mi
- Sphere: 3.2 mi
- Andre the Seal: 3.3 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 2.8 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 10.2 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 10.2 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 10.7 mi
- Miller School Garden: 14.1 mi
- Prison Show Room: 6.3 mi
- The Wall: 6.3 mi
- Damariscotta River Cruises: 22.6 mi
- The Barn: 23.2 mi
- La Verna Preserve (Emergency Entrance): 24.8 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 4.9 mi
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 9.6 mi
- Vinal Falls: 13.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | NNE 16° | 419 m | 7.0 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | NNW 335° | 390 m | 5.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 346° | 384 m | 6.1 mi |
| Little Ragged Mountain Summit | NNW 336° | 375 m | 6.0 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | NNE 20° | 331 m | 9.0 mi |
| Hatchet Mountain | NNW 337° | 330 m | 8.8 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | N 355° | 317 m | 12.8 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | NW 309° | 313 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:11 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:40 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:58 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:14 | 16:01 |
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 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Rockport 1 NNW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358211561
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