Birch Hill
Birch Hill rises to 121 m in Massachusetts. North Peak stands 192 m to the west-northwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Amadinda, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 8.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49012961, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 121 m
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 20.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 21.0 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 29.2 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 22 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Amadinda: 0.3 mi
- Chime Wall: 0.3 mi
- The Olympic Bell: 3.8 mi
- Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio: 3.9 mi
- Revolutionary War Monument: 5.7 mi
- Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 0.5 mi
- Petting Zoo: 0.5 mi
- Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 0.6 mi
- Rice Tavern Foundation: 3.2 mi
- “The Rock” in Marlborough: 4.3 mi
- Boon Monument: 0.7 mi
- Town Center Park: 1.4 mi
- Stow Memorial Athletic Field: 1.4 mi
- Delaney Wildlife management area: 2.8 mi
- Cherry Street Field and Playground: 3.0 mi
- American Heritage Museum: 1.2 mi
- West School Museum: 2.0 mi
- Discovery Museum: 4.3 mi
- Redstone School: 4.6 mi
- Hosmer House Museum: 5.1 mi
- Leggett: 0.3 mi
- Bolton Land: 0.5 mi
- Rising/Cohen: 0.5 mi
- Pine Point Lot: 0.7 mi
- Spindle Hill: 0.9 mi
- Boons Hill: 0.7 mi
- Lambert Hill: 0.9 mi
- Honeypot Hill: 0.9 mi
- Spindle Hill: 1.0 mi
- Orchard Hill: 1.3 mi
- Stow Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Hudson Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Flerra Meadows Community Garden Boxborough: 4.9 mi
- ABRHS Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Old Foundation: 0.3 mi
- Stow War Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Henry Gardner house site: 1.7 mi
- Old Well: 2.0 mi
- Bent Ice House: 2.3 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 1.1 mi
- Centennial Beach: 3.2 mi
- Memorial Beach: 3.2 mi
- Bolton Town Beach: 3.8 mi
- Thurston's Beach: 6.1 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 6.0 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 8.7 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 12.5 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 13.2 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 13.2 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 13.2 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 13.2 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 13.2 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 18.2 mi
- Emerson Falls: 19.2 mi
- Trap Falls: 22.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 22.3 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 12.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 22.8 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- Mystery Spring: 12.2 mi
- Quarry Spring: 20.8 mi
- Haywardville: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Birch Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Peak | WNW 299° | 192 m | 6.1 mi |
| Nobscot Hill | SSE 147° | 183 m | 6.0 mi |
| Wataquadock Hill | WNW 282° | 173 m | 6.1 mi |
| Sligo Hill | SSW 211° | 172 m | 5.7 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | SSW 204° | 164 m | 5.8 mi |
| Powder House Hill | WNW 287° | 162 m | 4.8 mi |
| Fairmount Hill | SSW 200° | 161 m | 5.8 mi |
| West Hill | SW 215° | 160 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:31 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611189 — Birch Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358272007
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