Great Bear Swamp
- Jul–Oct
- best months
Clear at last check
Weather is good · OpenWeather · checked 23 h ago
Great Bear Swamp is a 60-acre pond near Norfolk, Connecticut, at about 1,521 feet.
- Crissey Ridge TrailHiking0.6 mi
Crossover TrailHikingPhoto: feelsgoodlost, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)0.6 mi
Dennis Hill State ParkState parkPhoto: Morrowlong, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)1.8 mi- Pine MountainSummit2.5 mi
- Stone Man MountainSummit2.6 mi
- Haystack Mountain State ParkState park3.7 mi
- Wood Creek Pond Boat LaunchBoat launch4.9 mi
- Campbell FallsWaterfall6.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Crissey PondLake fishing · ~1 min drive
- Housatonic RiverRiver fishing · ~16 min drive
- Bigelow PondLake fishing · ~2 min drive
- Spaulding PondLake fishing · ~3 min drive
- Wangum LakeLake fishing · ~4 min drive
- Wampee PondLake fishing · ~4 min drive
- Pupins PondLake fishing · ~4 min drive
- North PondLake fishing · ~5 min drive
- Smith PondLake fishing · ~5 min drive
- Wildcat PondLake fishing · ~5 min drive
Best time to visit Great Bear Swamp
Best months: July–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
30° / 14°
13 wet · 9 snow
Feb
32° / 15°
12 wet · 8 snow
Mar
40° / 23°
13 wet · 7 snow
Apr
54° / 34°
13 wet · 2 snow
May
65° / 45°
14 wet
Jun
73° / 55°
13 wet
Jul
78° / 59°
12 wet
Aug
76° / 58°
11 wet
Sep
69° / 51°
11 wet
Oct
57° / 40°
12 wet
Nov
45° / 30°
12 wet · 3 snow
Dec
35° / 21°
14 wet · 7 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Norfolk 2 Sw, CT, 1.4 mi away at 1,340 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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