Birch Hill
Birch Hill rises to 328 m in New Hampshire. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the north-northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Kimball Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.
Wikidata Q34822554, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 328 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 7.8 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 14.4 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 15.1 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kimball Hill: 0.6 mi
- Green Hill: 0.8 mi
- Hedgehog Hill: 2.4 mi
- Dresser Hills: 2.5 mi
- Tory Hill: 2.5 mi
- Riverside Park: 3.7 mi
- School Street Park: 3.8 mi
- Warren Brook Park: 3.9 mi
- Whitman Park: 4.7 mi
- French's Park: 4.8 mi
- Stevens Brook Natural Area: 1.1 mi
- Warner Town Forest: 1.5 mi
- Gilmore State Forest: 2.1 mi
- Webb/Crowell Forest: 2.5 mi
- Russell Pond: 2.9 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 5.1 mi
- Elkins Beach: 8.5 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 9.2 mi
- State Park Beach: 9.5 mi
- Bucklin Beach: 10.9 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 12.3 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 14.0 mi
- Boudreau Square: 14.2 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 3.5 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 3.7 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 8.7 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 9.2 mi
- Little Nature Museum: 11.2 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 15.2 mi
- Uranus: 18.4 mi
- Neptune: 18.4 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 18.4 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 18.5 mi
- Gleason Falls: 11.8 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 14.9 mi
- Profile Falls: 19.6 mi
- Brennan Falls: 21.8 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 23.6 mi
- Baker Ledge: 4.2 mi
- The Bulkhead: 11.5 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 17.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliff: 23.2 mi
- The Ledges: 24.5 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 14.4 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 15.9 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 24.4 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 18.3 mi
- Everett Dam: 18.3 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 19.9 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 23.6 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 9.2 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 14.0 mi
- Botanical Garden: 20.1 mi
- (seasonal): 11.6 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 21.7 mi
- River Road Spring: 24.3 mi
- Hippy Hill: 15.3 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 20.0 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 8.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Birch Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kearsarge | NNE 12° | 891 m | 5.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | N 9° | 774 m | 4.7 mi |
| Little Mountain | NNE 20° | 710 m | 5.2 mi |
| Bald Sunapee | W 260° | 632 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bly Hill | WNW 288° | 614 m | 7.2 mi |
| Kings Hill | NW 309° | 583 m | 7.3 mi |
| Knights Hill | SSW 208° | 573 m | 6.9 mi |
| Sunset Hill | WNW 294° | 558 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:48 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bradford 2, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357718064
Day trips start here
- New London · 9 mi
- Franklin · 15 mi
- Tilton · 17 mi
- Concord · 18 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 18 mi
- Merrimack Valley · 23 mi
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