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Birch Hill

Birch Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Birch Hill rises to 1,737 m in California. Hot Springs Mountain stands 1,985 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Kica Mik Overlook, a attraction 0.5 miles away. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q35727361, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1,737 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.30865, -116.84530
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Telescope Pads: 3.1 mi
  • Palomar Mountain State Park: 4.3 mi
  • Doane Valley Natural Preserve: 4.7 mi
  • Hellhole Canyon County Open Space Preserve: 8.2 mi
  • San Pasqual Playground/Baseball Field: 9.8 mi
Springs
  • Sourdough Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Bear Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Dick Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Sawyer Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Adobe Springs: 10.5 mi
Peaks: 58
Attractions
Museums: 30
  • Palomar Observatory Visitor Center: 3.6 mi
  • Wasxayam Pomki: 7.0 mi
  • Cupa Cultural Center: 13.9 mi
  • Guy R. Woodward Museum: 18.2 mi
  • San Diego Children's Discovery Museum: 18.7 mi
Historic sites: 25
Gardens: 20
Artworks: 12
  • Hungry Wolf: 17.4 mi
  • Redhawk Logo: 18.2 mi
  • Muffler Man: 18.6 mi
  • Grande Step Totem: 18.9 mi
  • Hubbell Gateway: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Upper Barker Valley Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Lower Barker Valley Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Washtub Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Mildred Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 22.5 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Silvercrest Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 20.5 mi
  • Employee Break Area: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Hot springs: 1
  • Warner Hot Spring: 12.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Broken Ankle Bend: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Birch Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hot Springs MountainE1,985 m15.3 mi
Combs PeakENE1,878 m15.0 mi
High PointN1,873 m3.8 mi
South Combs PeakENE1,788 m15.1 mi
Iron Spring MountainNE1,750 m13.2 mi
Gordon PointNW1,722 m5.8 mi
Cahuilla MountainN1,719 m18.7 mi
Morgan HillNW1,718 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2718:59
June solstice05:3919:2420:01
September equinox06:3618:1318:46
December solstice06:4816:0716:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444447525968747569605044
Precip in5.97.34.62.00.90.20.30.70.51.22.34.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palomar MTN Obsy, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 269864 — Birch Hill, San Diego County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358800906

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