Birch Hill
Birch Hill rises to 275 m in Massachusetts. Todd Hill stands 433 m to the north-northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area, a beach 0.4 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49012964, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 275 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 11.2 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 18.6 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 27.8 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 13 mi
- Beal's Knob Vista · 22 mi
- Hubbard Hill Vista · 24 mi
- Dort Knob Vista · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- South Royalston Chicken: 2.8 mi
- Clyde II: 3.7 mi
- Schoolboy of 1850: 9.2 mi
- Cultural Cocoon: 18.1 mi
- Armillary: 18.6 mi
- Gilman Waite Field: 1.8 mi
- Monument Square: 2.4 mi
- River's Edge Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
- Militia Training Field: 3.3 mi
- Houghton Park: 3.5 mi
- Elliott Hill: 1.9 mi
- Harrington Hill: 2.7 mi
- Norcross Hill: 3.0 mi
- Benjamin Hill: 3.1 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 3.2 mi
- Baker Family: 2.2 mi
- Joseph "Peto" Caisse Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Templeton WWI Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Baldwinville WWII Memorial: 2.4 mi
- The Old Schoolhouse Marker: 2.9 mi
- Guiney Memorial Forest: 1.5 mi
- Perkins Woodlands: 1.9 mi
- Birch Hill Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
- Town Farm Road Conservation Area: 2.7 mi
- Miles Forest: 3.0 mi
- Winchendon Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Phillipston Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- Royalston Post Office: 5.2 mi
- Royalston Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- Gardner Museum: 6.9 mi
- Bicentennial Giant Chair: 7.2 mi
- Yellow Chair: 8.9 mi
- Stone Bridge: 9.6 mi
- Nutting Ledges: 11.0 mi
- Giant Shopping Cart: 11.3 mi
- Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 0.4 mi
- North Camping Area Beach: 0.7 mi
- Holiday Cove: 6.7 mi
- Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 7.0 mi
- Ripple Beach Cove: 7.1 mi
- Jacob Hill: 6.8 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 14.1 mi
- Ice Fall: 14.2 mi
- Troy Cliffs: 14.4 mi
- Black Precipice: 15.1 mi
- Doane's Falls: 5.5 mi
- Spirit Falls: 5.9 mi
- Royalston Falls: 9.3 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 13.5 mi
- Falls Brook Falls: 14.0 mi
- Phillipston Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- St. Paul's Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Sundial Community Garden: 15.2 mi
- Prichard Street Community Garden: 15.4 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 16.5 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 9.5 mi
- Falcon Spring: 14.9 mi
- Trap Falls: 16.4 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Birch Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Hill | NNE 26° | 433 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bush Hill | NE 51° | 432 m | 7.9 mi |
| Thrasher Hill | NNE 28° | 417 m | 8.6 mi |
| Webb Hill | NNW 341° | 415 m | 8.4 mi |
| Baldwin Hill | SW 217° | 411 m | 5.1 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NW 312° | 407 m | 7.4 mi |
| Packard Hill | E 84° | 407 m | 8.2 mi |
| Town Line Hill | E 91° | 406 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:33 | 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 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Birch Hill DAM, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358271045
Day trips start here
- Gardner · 7 mi
- Rindge · 9 mi
- Ashburnham · 11 mi
- Westminster · 11 mi
- Fitchburg · 15 mi
- Princeton · 17 mi
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