Bear Hill
Bear Hill rises to 154 m in Massachusetts. Barnes Hill stands 195 m to the west-northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Korean War Vet Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America; geonames ID = 4930039.
Wikidata Q49011328, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 154 m
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 15.9 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 21.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 25 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 25 mi
- Lookout Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- horseshoe sculpture: 3.9 mi
- Amadinda: 6.2 mi
- Chime Wall: 6.2 mi
- Pan Statue: 7.4 mi
- Folly: 7.5 mi
- American Heritage Museum: 5.4 mi
- Redstone School: 5.7 mi
- West School Museum: 7.0 mi
- The Icon Museum and Study Center: 7.2 mi
- Shrewsbury Historical Society: 7.6 mi
- Hermit Cave: 1.4 mi
- Marlborough Minute Man Statue: 1.5 mi
- WW2?: 3.5 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Watkins Woods Plaque: 5.4 mi
- Berlin Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Hudson Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Southborough Town Pound: 3.6 mi
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Community Garden Southborough: 5.2 mi
- Sligo Hill: 0.6 mi
- West Hill: 0.9 mi
- Stirrup Hill: 1.2 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 1.2 mi
- Wheeler Hill: 1.4 mi
- Felton Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Lake Williams: 0.8 mi
- Howe Pond Land: 0.9 mi
- Simmons Street Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Bigelow Street Conservation Land: 1.0 mi
- “The Rock” in Marlborough: 1.9 mi
- Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 5.6 mi
- Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 5.7 mi
- Petting Zoo: 5.7 mi
- Log Chair: 6.3 mi
- Korean War Vet Park: 0.4 mi
- Stevens Howe Park: 0.7 mi
- Williams Street Field: 0.9 mi
- Kelleher Field: 1.3 mi
- Artemas Ward Park: 1.4 mi
- Centennial Beach: 3.2 mi
- Memorial Beach: 3.2 mi
- Lake Chauncy Public Beach: 4.1 mi
- Bolton Town Beach: 5.4 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 5.9 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 6.8 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 8.4 mi
- Condo Rock: 12.5 mi
- The Wall: 12.7 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 16.7 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 16.8 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 16.8 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 16.8 mi
- Picnic Site 7: 16.8 mi
- Emerson Falls: 19.6 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 24.3 mi
- Trap Falls: 24.7 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 13.6 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 23.3 mi
- Mystery Spring: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes Hill | WNW 287° | 195 m | 4.9 mi |
| Ball Hill | W 275° | 195 m | 5.0 mi |
| Peach Hill | NW 323° | 180 m | 5.3 mi |
| Sligo Hill | ENE 77° | 172 m | 0.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | WNW 301° | 167 m | 5.6 mi |
| Newtons Hill | S 180° | 166 m | 4.2 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | ESE 104° | 164 m | 1.2 mi |
| Jericho Hill | SE 144° | 161 m | 1.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 606322 — Bear Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358268747
Day trips start here
- Marlborough · 1 mi
- Boroughs · 3 mi
- Hudson · 3 mi
- Clinton · 7 mi
- Ashland · 8 mi
- Shrewsbury · 8 mi
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