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Bear Mountain

Bear Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Mountain rises to 261 m in Connecticut. Birch Hill stands 386 m to the northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Mountain Reservation, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807613, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
261 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.44926, -73.45679

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sweetcake Mountain Preserve: 1.3 mi
  • Candlewood Lake (Lattins Cove) Boat Launch: 1.4 mi
  • Candlewood Town Park: 1.7 mi
  • Hatters Park: 2.0 mi
  • Eriksen Farm Open Space: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • 9-11 Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 4.4 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 4.4 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Lions Club: 4.6 mi
Museums
Gardens: 48
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 4.8 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 4.8 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 7.6 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 9.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 12.2 mi
Waterfalls: 34
  • Lower Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 11.4 mi
Beaches: 30
Attractions: 20
Artworks: 14
  • greek letter pi: 2.4 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 3.0 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.7 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Oak Grove: 14.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 14.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 14.7 mi
  • Pond View: 14.7 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 14.7 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 5.3 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 15.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 13.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Bear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Birch HillNW 314°386 m7.2 mi
Cranberry MountainNW 305°376 m6.6 mi
Beaver Bog MountainNW 318°358 m4.6 mi
Wanzer MountainNNW 341°346 m5.9 mi
Green Pond MountainN 1°323 m7.1 mi
Briggs HillNNW 345°323 m7.5 mi
Titicus MountainW 269°313 m2.8 mi
Great MountainN 2°310 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205347 — Bear Mountain, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359260035

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