Bear_Mountain_(Connecticut)

Bear Mountain (Connecticut)

Bear Mountain (Connecticut)

Add article description

Bear Mountain is a peak of the southern Taconic Mountains in Salisbury, Connecticut. At 2,316 feet (706 m) (note, per references 1 and 3, there is disagreement about the precise elevation), 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.[3] There is a stone monument on the Bear Mountain summit. The Appalachian Trail crosses the mountain in a generally north-south direction.

Quick Facts Highest point, Elevation ...

History

Erroneous inscription at summit


A panorama off a side of Bear Mountain.

See also

References

Mount Frissell, on which is located Connecticut's highest elevation, as seen from Bear Mountain
  1. [1]
    "Bear Mountain, Connecticut". Peakbagger.com.
  2. [2]
    "Bear Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. [3]
    Marteka, Peter (January 30, 2020). "Scaling Salisbury's Bear Mountain, one of the highest peaks in Connecticut". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2023-02-19. It wasn't until the United States Geological Survey using modern equipment in the 1940s determined that the highest spot was actually the southern slope of Massachusetts' Mount Frissell at 2,380 feet above the sea.
Sources
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Bear_Mountain_(Connecticut), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.