Bear Mountain (Connecticut)

Bear Mountain
Missing image Approaching_Summit_Again.JPG Bear Mountain summit from trail
Elevation:	2,339 feet (713 metres)
Location:	Salisbury, Connecticut, USA
Range:	Appalachian Mountains

<tr><td bgcolor=#e7dcc3 width=85>Coordinates: <td style="border-top:1px solid #e7dcc3" width=220>42° 02′ 41.50″ N 73° 27′ 15.82″ W <tr><td bgcolor=#e7dcc3 width=85>Topo map: <td style="border-top:1px solid #e7dcc3" width=220>USGS Bash Bish Falls <tr><td bgcolor=#e7dcc3 width=85>Type: <td style="border-top:1px solid #e7dcc3" width=220> <tr><td bgcolor=#e7dcc3 width=85>Age of rock: <td style="border-top:1px solid #e7dcc3" width=220>Devonian <tr><td bgcolor=#e7dcc3 width=85>First ascent: <td style="border-top:1px solid #e7dcc3" width=220>Unknown <tr><td bgcolor=#e7dcc3 width=85>Easiest route: <td style="border-top:1px solid #e7dcc3" width=220>Moderate hike </table> Bear Mountain is the tallest mountain with its peak in Connecticut, USA, at 2,316 feet (706 m). An 8-foot tall stone flattened pyramid was built on the peak in 1885. The plaque on the pyramid erroneously calls the peak the tallest point of land in Connecticut - an honor that belongs to the south slope of Frissell Mountain, whose peak is in Massachusetts. The Appalachian Trail climbs to the summit of Bear Mountain.

Missing image Highest_Point_here.JPG Frissell Mountain, containing state's high point, as seen from Bear

Missing image False_Inscription.JPG Erroneous inscription at summit

See also: Bear Mountain (Connecticut), 1885