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Bear Hill

Bear Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Hill rises to 67 m in Massachusetts. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the south, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Cowdry Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America; geonames ID = 4930042

Wikidata Q49011333, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
67 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.50787, -71.09894

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Leach Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sturges Park: 0.8 mi
  • Elm Park: 0.9 mi
  • Washington Park: 1.0 mi
  • A.P. Rounds Playground: 1.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Baldwin Green: 3.1 mi
  • Rock spiral: 5.1 mi
  • Orange Dinosaur: 5.4 mi
  • muster: 6.9 mi
  • My Boys: 7.0 mi
Beaches
Attractions
  • Stone Chimney: 3.7 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 4.1 mi
  • 1899 MIT Observatory site: 4.7 mi
  • Steel Tower: 5.6 mi
  • Echo Rock: 5.8 mi
Gardens
  • Herb Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 5.4 mi
  • Malden Youth Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Alex's Place: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 48
Picnic sites: 25
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 11.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 11.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 11.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 11.4 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 10.4 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 18.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 20.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 20.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.2 mi
Springs: 5
  • Quarry Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Rail Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.4 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillS 171°92 m4.4 mi
Bear HillS 188°91 m2.9 mi
Greenleaf MountainWSW 258°89 m5.1 mi
Whispering HillWSW 242°88 m5.2 mi
Castle RockESE 116°87.2 m3.1 mi
Horn Pond MountainSW 223°86 m4.5 mi
Winthrop HillS 187°84 m3.3 mi
Boojum RockS 170°83 m4.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1215:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 612701 — Bear Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358273002

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