Bear Hill
Bear Hill rises to 396 m in Maine. Saddleback Mountain stands 1,231 m to the north-northwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Madrid Village Schoolhouse, a museum 1.1 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33136643, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 396 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 15.3 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
- 28.9 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
- 29.0 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 13 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rowe Hill: 1.9 mi
- Beech Hill: 2.5 mi
- Perry Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Bray Hill: 4.8 mi
- Noon Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Phllips Fish Hatchery: 2.0 mi
- Smalls Falls Rest Area: 3.7 mi
- Perham Stream Birding Trail: 4.0 mi
- Phillips Town Park: 4.8 mi
- Park by the Bridge: 5.6 mi
- Smalls Falls Public Reserved Land: 3.9 mi
- Saddleback Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Mount Abraham Public Reserved Land: 7.3 mi
- Tumbledown Public Reserved Land: 7.9 mi
- Redington Public Reserved Land: 8.2 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 2.1 mi
- Flagstaff Memorial Society: 19.2 mi
- Flagstaff Pat Taylor Farm: 20.2 mi
- Flagstaff Charles T. Wyman Farm: 20.6 mi
- Lexington Historical Society: 20.8 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Parsons School: 17.6 mi
- Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 19.4 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 19.4 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 21.9 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 1.1 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 5.4 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 5.6 mi
- Wilhelm Reich Museum: 15.8 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 19.4 mi
- Smalls falls: 3.8 mi
- Angel Falls: 14.3 mi
- Rumford Falls: 23.0 mi
- Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 8.9 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 19.7 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 22.8 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 22.5 mi
- C Bluff: 23.4 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 23.6 mi
- Smalls Falls: 3.7 mi
- Halfway Yurt Vista: 24.6 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 19.7 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 21.9 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- Riverside Beach: 18.6 mi
- King Spring: 20.8 mi
- Flagstaff: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddleback Mountain | NNW 328° | 1,231 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Abraham | NE 36° | 1,230 m | 9.4 mi |
| South Crocker Mountain | NNE 14° | 1,228 m | 12.3 mi |
| Spaulding Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,219 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Redington | NNE 13° | 1,214 m | 11.4 mi |
| The Horn | NNW 339° | 1,203 m | 6.5 mi |
| Black Nubble | N 358° | 1,117 m | 11.7 mi |
| Saddleback Junior | N 352° | 1,108 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:56 | 19:47 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:15 | 16:04 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 12 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 43 | 32 | 20 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rangeley, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 561781 — Bear Hill, Franklin County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358211535
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