Bear Hill
Bear Hill rises to 183 m in Connecticut. Painter Hill stands 324 m to the north-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Transylvania Woods, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31807604, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 183 m
How to reach it
- 19.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Transylvania Woods: 0.5 mi
- Aisley Meadows: 0.9 mi
- Oak Meadow: 1.0 mi
- Trolley Bed Preserve - West Gate: 1.1 mi
- Janie Pierce Park: 1.1 mi
- In Memory of George Washington: 1.0 mi
- Soldiers’ Monument: 1.4 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 3.9 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Thomas Robert Lilly: 4.4 mi
- Hollow Park: 1.1 mi
- George Bennett Park: 1.4 mi
- Woodbury South Green: 1.4 mi
- Woodbury North Green: 2.2 mi
- Ballantine Park: 2.3 mi
- Sawtooth Rocks: 1.2 mi
- Bates Rocks: 1.4 mi
- Scuppo Hill: 1.4 mi
- Grassy Hill: 1.6 mi
- Orenaug Rocks: 1.6 mi
- Glebe House Museum: 1.4 mi
- Old Town Hall Museum: 3.8 mi
- Middlebury Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- Watertown History Museum: 7.9 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 8.2 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 3.8 mi
- Southford Falls: 5.2 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 6.7 mi
- Prydden Brook Falls: 7.3 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 8.8 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 1.4 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 7.9 mi
- Poet's Circle: 7.9 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 7.9 mi
- Biblical Garden: 7.9 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 7.7 mi
- Zoar Beach: 9.9 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 11.5 mi
- Waterfront: 12.1 mi
- Boating Side: 12.2 mi
- Millstone: 5.2 mi
- Millstone: 5.3 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 6.5 mi
- Indian village: 8.2 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 8.2 mi
- Jean Widmark: 4.2 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 9.4 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 9.4 mi
- Ben Franklin: 9.4 mi
- Maori Head: 9.9 mi
- Bethel Rock: 1.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 9.6 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 10.9 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 11.1 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 11.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 12.1 mi
- Pond View: 14.1 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 14.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 14.3 mi
- Cedar Grove: 14.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 18.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 21.0 mi
- The Silver Spring: 23.5 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 18.3 mi
- Dudley Town: 21.0 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painter Hill | NNW 327° | 324 m | 6.5 mi |
| Good Hill | NW 319° | 292 m | 3.2 mi |
| Great Hill | ENE 78° | 292 m | 4.5 mi |
| Blackmans Hill | ENE 62° | 282 m | 3.0 mi |
| Greenleaf Hill | NW 312° | 282 m | 5.7 mi |
| Andrews Hill | ESE 111° | 275 m | 7.2 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | ESE 113° | 273 m | 5.5 mi |
| Botsford Hill | W 276° | 267 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205340 — Bear Hill, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359260012
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 28 mi
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