Bear Hill
Bear Hill rises to 383 m in New York. Pigeon Mountain stands 850 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. Southern Adirondack Trail passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Fulton County, New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q34804609, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 383 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 11.9 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 20.0 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 24.6 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- view east · 16 mi
- River Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Poplar Knoll: 3.7 mi
- Hedgehog Mountain: 4.1 mi
- The Pinnacle: 4.4 mi
- Oregon Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Dolgeville Central School Recreation Fields: 7.1 mi
- Dolgeville Park: 7.1 mi
- Spofford Square: 7.4 mi
- Adirondack State Park: 8.7 mi
- Moreland Park: 12.2 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 2.3 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 3.6 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 3.9 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 4.6 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 4.6 mi
- abandoned milk plant: 12.5 mi
- Beardslee Castle: 12.6 mi
- Nicholas Herkimer Memorial: 12.6 mi
- Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 36: 12.8 mi
- Little Falls Canal Aqueduct: 13.1 mi
- Little Falls Historical Society & Museum: 13.0 mi
- Herkimer Diamond Mine & Museum: 14.9 mi
- Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park: 17.2 mi
- Johnson Hall: 19.4 mi
- Fulton County Museum: 19.7 mi
- Choss Factory: 8.5 mi
- Lost T: 10.0 mi
- McMartin: 10.3 mi
- Lost Hunter's: 10.6 mi
- Moss Island Climbing: 12.8 mi
- 1889: 19.0 mi
- Elisha Yale: 19.7 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 19.7 mi
- Poseidon statue: 20.1 mi
- Mohawk Valley Welcome Center: 22.3 mi
- I-90 Westbound Parking/Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- West Stoney Creek Falls: 17.2 mi
- Canajoharie Falls: 21.2 mi
- Fremont Street Garden: 20.0 mi
- Perrella Sculpture Garden: 24.4 mi
- Caughnawaga Indian Village Site: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pigeon Mountain | ENE 76° | 850 m | 13.9 mi |
| Moose Mountain | NE 50° | 847 m | 14.7 mi |
| North Branch Mountain | NE 54° | 829 m | 12.3 mi |
| Sherman Mountain | ENE 56° | 805 m | 11.2 mi |
| Morehouse Mountain | N 5° | 800 m | 13.0 mi |
| Ely Mountain | NE 38° | 794 m | 9.5 mi |
| Tomany Mountain | NE 41° | 789 m | 9.0 mi |
| State Brook Mountain | NE 49° | 773 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:34 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:41 | 16:27 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 37 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Falls City Rsch, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 943269 — Bear Hill, Fulton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357547306
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- Utica · 28 mi
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