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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

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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: 53
Cliffs: 39
  • 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
Historic sites: 17
Beaches: 17
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Porridge Shore Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Geneva Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Eidelweiss Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Boulder Beach: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 16
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 8.4 miles of Birch Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Middle SisterSW1,022 m7.8 mi
Kearsarge NorthNNE991 m5.6 mi
Bear MountainW976 m7.7 mi
North Moat MountainWNW956 m3.5 mi
Big Attitash MountainWNW885 m4.3 mi
Middle Moat MountainWSW840 m2.7 mi
South Moat MountainWSW828 m2.6 mi
Table MountainW809 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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