Bear Hill
Bear Hill rises to 248 m in Maine. Mount Harris stands 355 m to the northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Houstus Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Waldo County, Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33136650, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 248 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Swan Lake State Park: 3.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
- Brooks Community Park: 3.9 mi
- Gesner Park: 4.3 mi
- Pendleton Park: 8.3 mi
- Houstus Hill: 0.6 mi
- Clement Hill: 0.6 mi
- Robertson Hill: 1.4 mi
- Irish Hill: 1.4 mi
- Roberts Hill: 1.6 mi
- Basin Pond Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
- Brooks Town Forest: 4.0 mi
- Great Farm Brook Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Merrifield Tree Farm: 5.1 mi
- Meadow Brook Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Belfast Historical Society: 9.7 mi
- Winterport Historical Association: 11.2 mi
- Thorndike Meeting Place: 11.2 mi
- Bucksport Historical Society Museum: 12.4 mi
- Castine Historical Society: 17.2 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 12.5 mi
- Spragues Beach: 15.1 mi
- Wadsworth Cove Beach: 16.4 mi
- MMA Beach: 17.4 mi
- Cals Beach: 17.4 mi
- The Whale: 12.5 mi
- Before The Wind: 12.5 mi
- Unity Stones: 14.2 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 20.5 mi
- UMA Moose Statue: 20.7 mi
- Dome home: 9.3 mi
- Fields Pond Visitor Center: 19.9 mi
- Hollywood Casino: 20.5 mi
- Three Town Monument Stone: 20.7 mi
- Giant Pines: 21.1 mi
- Fort Knox: 12.1 mi
- To Honor All Those Who Served To Protect Our Freedom May They Never Be Forgotten: 12.9 mi
- Fort Pownall: 13.4 mi
- Hampden Veterans' Memorial: 16.0 mi
- Veterans Honor Roll: 16.2 mi
- Sears Island Ledge: 12.1 mi
- Hogback Ledge: 12.3 mi
- The Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 17.2 mi
- The Bluffs: 17.5 mi
- Peace Garden: 12.1 mi
- Dye Garden: 12.1 mi
- Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 18.1 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 19.0 mi
- UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 20.8 mi
- Monroe Falls: 2.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 21.7 mi
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Harris | NW 326° | 355 m | 8.5 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | N 351° | 351 m | 9.7 mi |
| Frye Mountain | SW 234° | 342 m | 10.2 mi |
| Spears Mountain | WSW 237° | 336 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Waldo | E 81° | 320 m | 7.6 mi |
| Piper Mountain | N 354° | 318 m | 8.7 mi |
| Aborn Hill | WSW 249° | 304 m | 7.8 mi |
| Common Hill | NW 306° | 300 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 19:41 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:57 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:11 | 16:00 |
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 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 561836 — Bear Hill, Waldo County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358211563
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