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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

Peaks
Museums
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
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
Gardens: 41
  • 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
Beaches: 29
Waterfalls: 20
  • 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
Attractions: 19
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
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
Picnic sites: 7
  • 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
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 HillNW386 m7.2 mi
Cranberry MountainNW376 m6.6 mi
Beaver Bog MountainNW358 m4.6 mi
Wanzer MountainNNW346 m5.9 mi
Green Pond MountainN323 m7.1 mi
Briggs HillNNW323 m7.5 mi
Titicus MountainW313 m2.8 mi
Great MountainN310 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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