Bear Mountain (Connecticut)
Mountain in Salisbury, Connecticut / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Bear Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,323 ft (708 m)[1] |
Prominence | 447 ft (136 m)[2] |
Parent peak | Mount Frissell[2] |
Coordinates | 41°18′46″N 74°00′23″W |
Geography | |
Location | Litchfield County, Connecticut, U.S. |
Parent range | Taconic Mountains |
Topo map | USGS Ashley Falls |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Ordovician |
Mountain type | Thrust fault; metamorphic rock |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Appalachian Trail |
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