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Bear Hill

Bear Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Hill rises to 849 m in Maryland. Big Savage Mountain stands 913 m to the southwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Elbow Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 4.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31598484, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
849 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.60119, -79.04491

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites: 22
Museums: 22
  • Frostburg Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Thrasher Carriage Museum: 7.5 mi
  • Westernport Heritage Society Museum: 8.1 mi
  • Grantsville Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Springs Museum: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 5
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Art: 7.7 mi
  • Blind Skier and Camper Art Installation: 15.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Public River Access, Fishing: 23.1 mi
  • River Beach: 23.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Baughman Spring: 14.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Savage MountainSW 215°913 m4.8 mi
High RockSW 215°910 m4.8 mi
Meadow MountainWSW 256°904 m9.0 mi
Sampson RockNE 40°895 m9.6 mi
Saint John RockNE 42°890 m6.2 mi
Dans RockE 100°883 m8.0 mi
Elbow MountainSW 224°859 m1.3 mi
Little Savage MountainNE 37°859 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5319:28
June solstice05:5020:0720:48
September equinox07:0418:4019:15
December solstice07:3416:1316:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262936485765696862514031
Precip in3.43.04.04.05.24.63.73.64.23.22.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frostburg 2, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358241464

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