Bear Hill
Bear Hill rises to 199 m in Connecticut. Clark Hill stands 241 m to the northeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Spiderweed Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 30 miles off.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31807606, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 199 m
How to reach it
- 29.8 mi off the North Fork Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Spiderweed Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Nedobity Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Shailor Ledges Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Swan Hill Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Hurd State Park: 2.3 mi
- Intermittent Waterfall: 1.0 mi
- Seven Falls: 1.1 mi
- Shipyard Falls: 2.9 mi
- Glen Falls: 3.7 mi
- Pine Brook Falls: 4.4 mi
- Rock Park: 1.0 mi
- Brickyard Ballfield: 2.0 mi
- Crystal Lake State Access Area: 2.4 mi
- Crystal Lake Boat Launch (Middletown): 2.4 mi
- Crystal Lake Park: 2.5 mi
- Bible Rock: 1.5 mi
- Indian Hill: 1.8 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 1.8 mi
- White Rock: 2.0 mi
- Split Rock: 2.2 mi
- Haddam Shad Museum: 2.0 mi
- Haddam Veterans' Museum: 2.4 mi
- Middlesex County Historical Society: 3.9 mi
- Kidcity Children's Museum: 4.1 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 4.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 3.8 mi
- Colonel Clarence S. Wadsworth: 4.1 mi
- Captain Joseph S. Pagano Memorial: 4.2 mi
- World War II Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Gingers Garden: 6.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 6.4 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 6.5 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 7.1 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 3.8 mi
- First Tear: 4.8 mi
- Face in Tree: 7.1 mi
- snake: 9.1 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 12.2 mi
- George Washington rock: 1.1 mi
- Bible Rock: 1.1 mi
- grindstone: 1.6 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 3.1 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 4.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 7.4 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 12.8 mi
- East Rive Beach: 17.8 mi
- Circle Beach: 17.9 mi
- Clinton Town Beach: 18.0 mi
- Bluff Head: 9.4 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 9.4 mi
- Pine Ledge: 11.5 mi
- Crow Point: 12.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 15.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.0 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.8 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 6.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 16.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 21.3 mi
- Windham Spring: 24.6 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 22.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Hill | NE 34° | 241 m | 6.1 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | NNE 21° | 228 m | 6.5 mi |
| Great Hill | NNE 25° | 222 m | 4.4 mi |
| Camels Hump | W 280° | 207 m | 7.9 mi |
| Baker Hill | NE 50° | 204 m | 7.0 mi |
| Goose Hill | SSE 166° | 201 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | SW 219° | 196 m | 6.7 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | SW 231° | 186 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
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 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205345 — Bear Hill, Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359260028
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 14 mi
- Essex · 16 mi
- Old Saybrook · 19 mi
- Old Lyme · 21 mi
- East Lyme · 22 mi
- Montville · 23 mi
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