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Little Bear Hill

Little Bear Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Little Bear Hill rises to 92 m in Massachusetts. Prospect Hill (468') stands 135 m to the west-northwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is O'Brien Farm, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 6.3 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49044619, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
92 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.55676, -71.40117

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Attractions
  • Wetlands Viewing Area: 2.4 mi
  • Vernal Pool Viewing area: 2.4 mi
  • Wetlands Overlook Area: 2.5 mi
  • Gathering Rocks: 2.5 mi
  • Cow Tunnel: 2.6 mi
Museums
  • Westford Museum: 2.5 mi
  • YV Art Museum: 2.8 mi
  • Hosmer House Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Middlesex Canal Visitor Center: 6.4 mi
  • New England Baseball Museum: 6.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
  • Minute Man Statue: 6.6 mi
  • Buddha Statue: 7.2 mi
  • Hydro: 7.3 mi
  • Dance Rhythm: 7.5 mi
  • Rembering Center School: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 46
  • Freeman Lake Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Pelham Town Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Harvard Town Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Baby Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 24
Cliffs: 20
Waterfalls: 7
  • Wamesit Falls: 7.2 mi
  • The Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Cascades: 20.3 mi
  • Trap Falls: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 2
  • Mystery Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Little Bear Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect Hill (468')WNW 304°135 m2.5 mi
Rocky HillWNW 282°131 m6.9 mi
Millstone HillNW 312°127 m6.2 mi
Snake Meadow HillNW 309°123 m4.9 mi
Robbins HillNE 43°122 m2.7 mi
Sparks HillW 280°120 m2.3 mi
Wilderness HillWSW 247°120 m4.2 mi
Starr HillWSW 247°120 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867737164514031
Precip in3.63.24.34.13.84.43.94.03.95.03.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lowell, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611248 — Little Bear Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358272055

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