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Birch Hill

Birch Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Birch Hill rises to 648 m in New York. Lyon Mountain stands 1,167 m to the southeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Chazy Highlands Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Military Trail passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34805396, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
648 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.73726, -73.93292

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 43
  • Picketts Corner Park: 11.2 mi
  • Chateaugay Park: 13.8 mi
  • Miner Lake State Park: 15.6 mi
  • Cadyville Recreation Park: 15.8 mi
  • Sellers Field: 15.8 mi
Nature reserves: 24
  • Chazy Highlands Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
  • Moon Pond State Forest: 9.4 mi
  • Clinton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 10.9 mi
  • Clinton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 12.5 mi
  • Clinton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 12.7 mi
Museums: 11
  • Six Nations Indian Museum: 18.7 mi
  • Rockwell Kent Collection: 23.0 mi
  • Plattsburgh State Art Museum: 23.1 mi
  • Nina Winkel Sculpture Gallery: 23.1 mi
  • Mooers Train Station: 23.3 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Trinity Episcopal Church - 1830: 23.7 mi
  • J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 23.8 mi
  • MacDonough Monument: 23.8 mi
  • MacDonough Monument: 23.8 mi
  • Double Cantilever Hangar Foundation: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Camp Chateaugay Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • High Falls: 11.9 mi
  • High Falls: 14.1 mi
Artworks: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Airplane: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 24.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Birch Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyon MountainSE 125°1,167 m4.1 mi
Averill PeakSE 140°1,159 m4.0 mi
Brushy KnobSE 133°885 m5.1 mi
Haystack MountainSSW 206°881 m7.6 mi
Norton PeakSSW 192°876 m6.6 mi
Ragged Lake MountainWSW 249°832 m5.8 mi
Mount TomWSW 239°831 m11.4 mi
W MountainWSW 240°825 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:08
June solstice05:1120:0120:46
September equinox06:4318:1718:55
December solstice07:3115:3016:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130435665696760483625
Precip in2.92.32.83.84.04.94.24.13.84.72.92.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dannemora, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357548995

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