Bear Mountain (Connecticut)
| Bear Mountain | |
|---|---|
Bear Mountain | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,323 ft (708 m) |
| Prominence | 447 ft (136 m) |
| Parent peak | Mount Frissell |
| Coordinates | 42°02′41″N 73°27′16″W / 42.044860°N 73.454480°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Litchfield County, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Parent range | Taconic Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Ashley Falls |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Ordovician |
| Mountain type(s) | Thrust fault; metamorphic rock |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Appalachian Trail |
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. There is a stone monument on the Bear Mountain summit. The Appalachian Trail crosses the mountain in a generally north-south direction.
- Mount Frissell, on which is located Connecticut's highest elevation, as seen from Bear Mountain
- View of Mount Everett and Mount Race from Bear Mountain
- Stone monument at the summit
