Birch Hill
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
- 11.3 mi off the Military Trail
- 17.3 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 19.6 mi off the Circuit du Paysan, National
- 23.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Whirlpool Basin Overlook · 27 mi
- Sentry Box Overlook · 27 mi
- Hemlock Heights Overlook · 27 mi
- Pulpit Rock Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Parsons Knob: 1.9 mi
- Averill Peak: 4.0 mi
- Panther Hill: 4.0 mi
- Lyon Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Spruce Hill: 4.2 mi
- 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
- Chazy Highlands Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
- Moon Pond State Forest: 9.4 mi
- Clinton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 10.9 mi
- Valley View State Forest: 12.9 mi
- Burnt Hill State Forest: 14.1 mi
- 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
- Trinity Episcopal Church - 1830: 23.7 mi
- J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 23.8 mi
- MacDonough Monument: 23.8 mi
- Double Cantilever Hangar Foundation: 23.9 mi
- First Building: 23.9 mi
- summit fliff: 16.4 mi
- Tsunami Wall: 16.6 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 16.6 mi
- Potter Mountain Cliff: 16.6 mi
- Camp Chateaugay Beach: 3.1 mi
- Plattsburgh City Beach: 24.7 mi
- High Falls: 11.9 mi
- Amite Sculpture: 23.1 mi
- Airplane: 24.2 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon Mountain | SE 125° | 1,167 m | 4.1 mi |
| Averill Peak | SE 140° | 1,159 m | 4.0 mi |
| Brushy Knob | SE 133° | 885 m | 5.1 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | SSW 206° | 881 m | 7.6 mi |
| Norton Peak | SSW 192° | 876 m | 6.6 mi |
| Ragged Lake Mountain | WSW 249° | 832 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Tom | WSW 239° | 831 m | 11.4 mi |
| W Mountain | WSW 240° | 825 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:01 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:30 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 21 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dannemora, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357548995
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