| Bear Mountain | |
| Elevation Ft: | 2323 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 447 |
| Prominence Ref: | [2] |
| Parent Peak: | Mount Frissell |
| Location: | Litchfield County, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Coordinates: | 42.0449°N -73.4545°W |
| Topo: | USGS Ashley Falls |
| Type: | Thrust fault |
| Age: | Ordovician |
| Easiest Route: | Appalachian Trail |
Bear Mountain is a peak of the southern Taconic Mountains in Salisbury, Connecticut. At (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 2380feet, 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.