Bear Hill
Bear Hill rises to 152 m in Connecticut. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the south-southwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Hill Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 9.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New London County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807607, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 152 m
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 16.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 26.4 mi off the North Fork Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Hill Wildlife Management Area: 0.4 mi
- Rosemarie Lane Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Glemboski-Ous: 1.5 mi
- Norwich Archery Club: 1.5 mi
- Odetah Camping Resort: 1.7 mi
- Bargy Ledges: 1.0 mi
- Wawecus Hill: 1.6 mi
- Bashon Hill: 2.4 mi
- Scott Hill: 2.4 mi
- Raymond Hill: 2.8 mi
- Bozrah Veterans Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Fernwood Playground: 2.4 mi
- Firemen's Field: 3.1 mi
- Norwich Little League: 3.2 mi
- Gardner Lake State Park: 3.7 mi
- Blue Slope Country Museum: 3.7 mi
- Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop: 4.0 mi
- Norwich Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Leffingwell House Museum: 4.3 mi
- John F. Slater Memorial Museum: 4.6 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 4.8 mi
- Miantonomo: 6.2 mi
- Mill Brook Bridge: 6.9 mi
- plaque: 7.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 12.5 mi
- Green Harbor Beach: 14.1 mi
- Amtrak Beach: 14.6 mi
- Mitchell Beach: 14.8 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 14.8 mi
- Muffler Man: 4.1 mi
- Nevertheless: 4.9 mi
- Promised Day: 5.0 mi
- River Blue: 5.1 mi
- Sparky: 7.1 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 7.7 mi
- turtle rock: 8.8 mi
- Devil's Oven: 9.6 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 9.8 mi
- tri-town marker: 9.8 mi
- Yantic Falls: 4.2 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 7.2 mi
- Silver Falls: 8.8 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 9.0 mi
- Chapman Falls: 9.5 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 5.0 mi
- Sprout Garden: 11.0 mi
- Azalea Garden: 11.2 mi
- Laurel Walk: 11.2 mi
- Wildflower Garden: 11.3 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 13.6 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 15.7 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 17.9 mi
- Pine Ledge: 18.2 mi
- Coney Rock: 18.2 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 20.8 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 22.7 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 22.7 mi
- Oil Shed: 22.7 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 5.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.3 mi
- Old Spring: 12.3 mi
- Windham Spring: 13.4 mi
- Skate Hut: 12.8 mi
- Powder House: 13.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 15.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill | SSW 200° | 182 m | 4.9 mi |
| Maynard Hill | SW 217° | 174 m | 6.1 mi |
| Goshen Hill | NW 323° | 174 m | 6.3 mi |
| Forsyth Hill | SW 216° | 171 m | 4.7 mi |
| Cockle Hill | WSW 254° | 171 m | 5.7 mi |
| Raymond Hill | S 189° | 170 m | 2.8 mi |
| Scott Hill | WNW 291° | 165 m | 2.4 mi |
| Dolbeare Hill | S 186° | 162 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205341 — Bear Hill, Southeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359260015
Day trips start here
- Norwich · 4 mi
- Montville · 5 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 8 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 9 mi
- Preston · 9 mi
- Ledyard · 10 mi
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