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Bear Hill

Bear Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Hill rises to 185 m in New York. Stid Hill stands 635 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 15 miles off.

The story

mountain in Wayne County, New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34804638, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
185 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.05312, -77.22776

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Prospect Park: 0.5 mi
  • Union Club Park: 0.8 mi
  • Pal-Mac Aqueduct Park: 1.2 mi
  • Swift's Landing Park: 2.3 mi
  • Gravino Park: 3.5 mi
Attractions
  • Home site of the Joseph Smith Sr Family: 0.6 mi
  • Read Admiral Willliam T. Sampson's: 0.6 mi
  • Book of Mormon Publication Site: 0.8 mi
  • EB Grandin Bookstore: 0.8 mi
  • Dr. Alexander McIntyre Home: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Elmer: 8.6 mi
  • FLTG Golfball: 12.9 mi
  • American Eagle: 13.0 mi
  • Rebecca Well: 13.1 mi
  • Faith Hope and Charity: 13.2 mi
Museums: 41
  • Palmyra Historical Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Alling Coverlet Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Erie Canal Depot: 0.8 mi
  • Print Shop Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Phelps General Store and Residence: 0.8 mi
Gardens: 33
  • North Entrance/Exit Area (Exit lane Side Bed): 12.2 mi
  • South Entrance/Exit Lane Bed (Entrance Lane Side): 12.3 mi
  • Inner Parking Lot Bed (Lane #1): 12.3 mi
  • North Entrance/Exit Lane Employee Parking Side Turf Area: 12.3 mi
  • Noth Entrance/Exit Lane Turf Area Customer Parking Area: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Postcard Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Densmore Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Upper Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Honeoye Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Upper Falls: 20.4 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 12.5 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Crescent Beach: 20.5 mi
  • Bristol Harbour Beach: 21.9 mi
  • Windsor Beach: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Klippel Spring: 14.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stid HillSSW 201°635 m22.7 mi
Johnson HillSSW 200°538 m20.5 mi
Bare HillS 191°470 m22.3 mi
Oak MountainSW 222°358 m15.2 mi
Baptist HillSW 215°356 m17.6 mi
Harkness HillS 182°356 m19.7 mi
Hopper HillsWSW 240°335 m14.9 mi
Lazarus HillS 178°323 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:21
June solstice05:3020:0920:52
September equinox06:5718:3119:08
December solstice07:3815:5116:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533445665696861503929
Precip in3.02.52.73.23.43.53.63.83.44.33.43.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sodus 1W, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 969850 — Bear Hill, Wayne County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357595845

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