Bear Hill
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
- 6.9 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 11.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 17.3 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 26.8 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 11 mi
- Eagle Rock · 21 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Wakefield History Museum: 0.8 mi
- Woburn Municipal Waterworks Museum: 4.1 mi
- Burlington Public Museum: 5.0 mi
- Wilmington Town Museum: 5.5 mi
- Medford Historical Society: 6.2 mi
- Better Homes and Gardens 1950 Achievement Award: 1.1 mi
- Floral Way: 1.3 mi
- Paddy Heights Veterans Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Woburn Moose Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Woburn Honor Roll: 3.4 mi
- Baldwin Green: 3.1 mi
- Rock spiral: 5.1 mi
- Orange Dinosaur: 5.4 mi
- muster: 6.9 mi
- My Boys: 7.0 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 3.4 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 4.4 mi
- Baby Beach: 5.9 mi
- Revere Beach: 8.2 mi
- Lynn Beach: 9.1 mi
- 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
- Cowdry Hill: 0.4 mi
- Scotland Hill: 0.9 mi
- Long Woods Hills: 1.1 mi
- Farm Hill: 1.1 mi
- Dobbins Hill: 1.5 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
- Wildlife Habitat Garden: 7.2 mi
- Pinevale: 0.7 mi
- Town Conservation Land: 0.8 mi
- Monterisi Property: 1.7 mi
- Old Town Wells: 1.7 mi
- Thelin Bird Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 3.3 mi
- Crag 1: 4.9 mi
- Skull Cliff: 4.9 mi
- The Cellar: 5.9 mi
- Always Sunny Wall: 6.3 mi
- 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
- Boathouse: 16.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 16.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 16.4 mi
- Rainshed: 16.4 mi
- Boston Light: 16.4 mi
- 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
- 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
- Cascade Falls: 4.5 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 13.1 mi
- Newbury Falls: 18.8 mi
- Rock Falls: 21.8 mi
- Haywardville: 3.0 mi
- Dogtown: 24.0 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairn Hill | S 171° | 92 m | 4.4 mi |
| Greenleaf Mountain | WSW 258° | 89 m | 5.1 mi |
| Whispering Hill | WSW 242° | 88 m | 5.2 mi |
| Castle Rock | ESE 116° | 87 m | 3.1 mi |
| Horn Pond Mountain | SW 223° | 86 m | 4.5 mi |
| Winthrop Hill | S 187° | 84 m | 3.3 mi |
| Boojum Rock | S 170° | 83 m | 4.8 mi |
| Crow Hill | ESE 114° | 83 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
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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