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Birch Hill Wildlife Management Area

Birch Hill Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Birch Hill Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 269 m. Prospect Hill stands 416 m to the south-southwest, 6.5 miles off. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 8.7 miles off.

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.63479, -72.13434

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Artworks
  • South Royalston Chicken: 0.8 mi
  • Clyde II: 5.2 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 11.2 mi
  • Armillary: 19.1 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 19.2 mi
Historic sites
  • The Old Schoolhouse Marker: 0.9 mi
  • Joseph "Peto" Caisse Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Baker Family: 3.5 mi
  • Templeton WWI Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Baldwinville WWII Memorial: 3.6 mi
Peaks
  • Elliott Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Harrington Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Birch Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Gale Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Bemis Hill: 2.8 mi
Parks
  • Gilman Waite Field: 3.0 mi
  • River's Edge Conservation Area: 3.6 mi
  • Monument Square: 3.6 mi
  • Houghton Park: 4.8 mi
  • Phillips Park: 5.2 mi
Attractions: 37
  • Stone Bridge: 8.3 mi
  • Bicentennial Giant Chair: 8.7 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 10.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.6 mi
Museums: 32
Cliffs: 23
Beaches: 19
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 2.4 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 6.8 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Doane's Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Bear's Den Falls: 11.7 mi
Gardens: 11
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 13.6 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 14.5 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Trap Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Birch Hill Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSSW 197°416 m6.5 mi
Webb HillN 355°415 m8.3 mi
Baldwin HillSSW 196°411 m3.9 mi
Prospect HillNNW 327°407 m6.3 mi
Town Line HillE 89°406 m7.6 mi
Ward HillSSW 203°405 m4.9 mi
Brigham HillN 358°405 m7.5 mi
Pratt HillSW 219°394 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1219:4820:31
September equinox06:3618:1118:48
December solstice07:1615:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665706860483828
Precip in3.53.23.93.73.64.54.44.34.34.93.94.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Birch Hill DAM, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29914169

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