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Bear Mountain

Bear Mountain, a peak in Connecticut
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Bear Mountain, a peak in Connecticut
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Bear Mountain rises to 708 m in Connecticut. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the north-northeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sages Ravine Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 21 miles off.

About

The story

Bear Mountain is a peak of the southern Taconic Mountains in Salisbury, Connecticut. At 2,316 feet (706 m), Bear Mountain is the highest mountain that lies wholly within Connecticut. However, it is not the state highpoint: in the 1940s, the United States Geological Survey determined that the highest elevation in the state, at 2,380 feet (725 m), was actually on the nearby Connecticut-Massachusetts border, on the southern slope of Massachusetts’ Mount Frissell. There is a stone monument on the Bear Mountain summit. The Appalachian Trail crosses the mountain in a generally north–south direction.

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Wikidata Q4876497, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
708 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.04499, -73.45459

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • East Twin Lake Water Access: 3.6 mi
  • Garrett Garden and Green: 3.7 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Salisbury Village Open Space: 4.6 mi
  • Trotta Field: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 38
Historic sites: 33
Artworks: 26
  • Newsboy Statue: 10.4 mi
  • Liebowitz Letter: 11.9 mi
  • Naked Lady: 12.1 mi
  • Diving Lady: 14.4 mi
  • Divine Mercy: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Attractions: 18
Cliffs: 15
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 15.1 mi
  • The Beech: 19.9 mi
  • Space Invaders: 19.9 mi
  • Squirrel Wall: 19.9 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 20.0 mi
Gardens: 14
Beaches: 7
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Hermit spring: 24.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.1 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 4.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount EverettNNE793 m4.1 mi
Mount FrissellWNW747 m1.5 mi
Mount AshleyNW725 m1.6 mi
Mount RaceNNE723 m2.8 mi
Brace MountainW706 m1.9 mi
South Brace MountainWSW702 m1.9 mi
Round MountainWNW695 m1.1 mi
Alander MountainNW680 m3.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1919:5120:34
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1915:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634475766717062504030
Precip in3.12.33.33.34.64.33.83.84.54.22.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copake, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359260039

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