Bear Hill
Bear Hill rises to 105 m in Massachusetts. Chestnut Hill stands 157 m to the west-southwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Line, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America; geonames ID = 4930041.
Wikidata Q49011336, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 105 m
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 14.5 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
- 25.0 mi off the Amoskeag Millyard Scenic and Cultural Byway
- 25.7 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Line: 0.4 mi
- Woodland Park Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Old Dunstable Road: 0.8 mi
- Cronin Land: 1.3 mi
- Cow Pond Brook Conservation Area: 1.6 mi
- Mountain Lakes Club Field: 2.5 mi
- Bridge Meadow Fields: 2.7 mi
- Stony Brook canoe access: 3.0 mi
- VFW FIeld: 3.6 mi
- Forge Beach: 3.8 mi
- Forest Bells: 4.1 mi
- Latino Bus: 8.4 mi
- The Garden Giant: 8.6 mi
- Crocodilian: 8.6 mi
- Positive Street Art Free Wall: 8.7 mi
- Indian Grinding Stone: 4.6 mi
- Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 5.3 mi
- SkyVenture: 6.2 mi
- Gathering Rocks: 6.2 mi
- Wetlands Overlook Area: 6.2 mi
- Westford Museum: 4.6 mi
- Littlefield Library Museum: 4.6 mi
- District 1 Schoolhouse: 6.1 mi
- Old Pine Hill School House: 8.7 mi
- YV Art Museum: 8.8 mi
- Millstone Hill: 1.2 mi
- Scribner Hill: 1.2 mi
- Conscience Hill: 1.2 mi
- Horse Hill: 1.4 mi
- Spalding Hill: 1.9 mi
- Westford Community Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Katie's Garden: 4.3 mi
- Tara Heights Garden Center: 5.9 mi
- Ayer Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Chelmsford Public Garden: 7.5 mi
- Basinas Square: 2.7 mi
- Bruce Wyatt Clements Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Major Moses Poor Palmer: 3.5 mi
- Harvey P Sargisson: 3.5 mi
- Forge Village Honor Roll: 3.7 mi
- Freeman Lake Beach: 5.3 mi
- Pelham Town Beach: 8.0 mi
- Swimming Hole: 8.4 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 10.2 mi
- Willow St Beach: 10.4 mi
- Family Friendly Area (Multi-use): 6.3 mi
- Trap Falls: 14.6 mi
- North Grove Catering: 16.7 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 20.5 mi
- Cowbell Corner Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Old Limestone Quarry: 4.1 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 12.3 mi
- Scenic Overlook / Sara's Resting Spot: 14.5 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 20.0 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 9.9 mi
- Trap Falls: 14.7 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 15.4 mi
- Emerson Falls: 18.6 mi
- Purgatory Lower Falls: 18.8 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 13.1 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 16.2 mi
- Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 16.7 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.8 mi
- Mystery Spring: 5.6 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 21.1 mi
- Quarry Spring: 24.0 mi
- Haywardville: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Hill | WSW 255° | 157 m | 3.2 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SW 232° | 149 m | 3.8 mi |
| Nissitissit Hills | NW 317° | 149 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Lebanon | W 280° | 149 m | 6.0 mi |
| Brown Loaf | SW 233° | 141 m | 3.2 mi |
| Gibbet Hill | WSW 244° | 139 m | 3.7 mi |
| Prospect Hill (468') | SSE 146° | 135 m | 4.7 mi |
| Pingry Hill | SSW 204° | 133 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lowell, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611430 — Bear Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358272185
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