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Birch Hill

Birch Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Birch Hill rises to 231 m in New Hampshire. Middle Sister stands 1,022 m to the southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Echo Lake State Park, a park 1.3 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 1.2 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States of America; geonames ID = 5083430

Wikidata Q34822529, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
231 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.03309, -71.14591

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Echo Lake State Park: 1.3 mi
  • First Church of Christ Congregational Park: 1.5 mi
  • Schouler Park: 1.6 mi
  • First River Bridge Park: 1.7 mi
  • Hussey Field: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Waterfalls: 55
Cliffs: 41
  • South Buttress: 1.7 mi
  • Echo Roof: 1.8 mi
  • The Slabs: 1.8 mi
  • Barber Wall: 2.2 mi
  • Thin Air Face: 2.3 mi
Beaches: 19
  • Beach Area #1: 3.0 mi
  • Beach Area #2: 3.3 mi
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Porridge Shore Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Geneva Beach: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 18
Attractions: 18
  • Giant Swing: 2.3 mi
  • Cranmore Mountain Coaster: 2.4 mi
  • Diana's Baths - Parking: 3.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Attitash Alpine Slide: 4.9 mi
Museums: 14
  • Conway Railroad Museum: 1.6 mi
  • New England Ski Museum: 1.6 mi
  • MWOBs Admin Office: 1.7 mi
  • Salyards Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 8.1 mi
Springs: 6
  • lower falls: 5.1 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Artworks: 4
  • Hannes Schneider: 2.4 mi
  • Loon Mural: 21.8 mi
  • Bridgton and Saco River R.R.: 22.1 mi
  • Frog Rock: 24.4 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Mary's Garden: 21.6 mi
  • Bridgton Community Gardens: 21.8 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Sabatis Island Rest Area: 17.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Birch Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Middle SisterSW 233°1,022 m7.8 mi
Kearsarge NorthNNE 27°991 m5.6 mi
Bear MountainW 268°976 m7.7 mi
North Moat MountainWNW 281°956 m3.5 mi
Big Attitash MountainWNW 282°885 m4.3 mi
Middle Moat MountainWSW 256°840 m2.7 mi
South Moat MountainWSW 246°828 m2.6 mi
Table MountainW 269°809 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0219:4820:32
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1715:2216:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231435565706860483727
Precip in3.63.23.74.43.74.54.54.43.75.54.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Conway, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 871510 — Birch Hill, Carroll County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357729674

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