Bear Notch by motorcycle
Bear Notch tops out at 1,768 ft (539 m) in New Hampshire. It is the 5th highest of the 6 passes in New Hampshire on the Motoseyir map. Below: the road surface, when it is usually closed, the passes around it and a loop you can ride over it.

At a glance
- Elevation
- 1,768 ft (539 m)
- Location
- New Hampshire, United States
- Road surface
- Paved
- Winter
- No seasonal closure is recorded for this road in our data. High roads can still close after snow, so check before you go.
- Coordinates
- 44.0433, -71.3156
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap
Elevation is the figure on the pass’s OpenStreetMap entry or its source page; the point is the summit on the road itself.
Ride a loop over Bear Notch
The web route planner opens with Bear Notch as the start point. Choose a direction, how long you want to ride and how twisty the roads should be, and it draws up to three round trips that come back to the pass. Send the one you like to your phone with a QR code and ride it in Motoseyir.
Passes near Bear Notch
- Kancamagus Pass 9 mi W · 2,854 ft
- Crawford Notch 12 mi N · 1,227 ft
- Pinkham Notch 15 mi N · 2,037 ft
- Franconia Notch 20 mi NW · 1,949 ft
- Kinsman Notch 24 mi W · 1,864 ft
- Evans Notch 24 mi NE · 1,411 ft
Bear Notch in the Motoseyir app
Bear Notch is on Motoseyir’s pass map with its altitude and exact location, along with 1,600+ passes in 36 countries. Add it to your tour and go.
If your route crosses a pass that may be closed this month, the app tells you before you set off, and Generate a tour skips closed passes. Passes you ride over are ticked off from your ride log automatically.
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Pass data: Motoseyir’s pass list, compiled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and the source page linked above.