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Birch Hill

Birch Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Birch Hill rises to 247 m in New Hampshire. Barrett Hill stands 382 m to the west, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Melendy-Morrill Woods, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States of America

Wikidata Q34822542, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
247 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.77330, -71.63955
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Wallingford House: 1.5 mi
  • Bayley House: 1.6 mi
  • Police Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 4.5 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Brookline Ball Park: 2.8 mi
  • Max Cohen Memorial Grove (Town Beach): 3.0 mi
  • Andres Institute of Art Sculpture Park: 3.4 mi
  • Nissitissit River Park: 3.6 mi
  • Shepard Park: 3.9 mi
Artworks
  • Commitment: 3.2 mi
  • City Lights: 3.2 mi
  • First Friendship: 3.2 mi
  • Neitherthere (Absence as a Reality): 3.2 mi
  • Release: 3.3 mi
Attractions
Museums: 48
Gardens: 31
Beaches: 29
  • Silver Lake Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Baboosic Lake Town Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Dog Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 9.6 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Middle Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 17.7 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 18.1 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.3 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 24.6 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • River Road Spring: 14.8 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Birch Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barrett HillW 261°382 m8.9 mi
Fisk HillWNW 286°369 m9.4 mi
Jefts HillW 269°344 m9.5 mi
Davis HillWSW 250°336 m9.8 mi
Merriam HillWSW 257°313 m7.9 mi
Abbot HillWNW 289°280 m5.4 mi
Juniper HillWSW 237°278 m8.7 mi
Pead HillNW 322°277 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:29
September equinox06:3418:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766727062503929
Precip in3.83.33.74.03.54.33.53.94.24.83.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Milford, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357718060

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