Birch Hill
Birch Hill rises to 103 m in Maine. Hussey Mountain stands 350 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Ridge, a nature reserve 2.7 miles away. Branch River Valley Trail passes 7.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in York County, Maine, United States of America.
Wikidata Q33136948, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 103 m
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 18.5 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
- 19.7 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 25.7 mi off the Independence Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Abbott Hill: 2.7 mi
- Diamond Hill: 3.3 mi
- Beech Ridge: 3.5 mi
- Pine Hill: 4.3 mi
- Mathews Hill: 4.9 mi
- Stewarts Field: 3.1 mi
- Memorial Field: 5.4 mi
- Great Falls Park: 6.0 mi
- USS Somersworth Pocket Park: 6.1 mi
- John Shaw Park: 6.1 mi
- Deputy Sheriff Charles E. Smith (1843-1891) Historic Marker: 10.6 mi
- Roundhouse: 10.6 mi
- Cellar Hole: 14.0 mi
- Governor's Road: 14.4 mi
- 1906 Dedication Rock: 15.1 mi
- Deer Ridge: 2.7 mi
- Tuckahoe Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Winslow Woods: 3.7 mi
- Donahue Tract: 3.9 mi
- Grants Meadow at Beaver Dam Heath: 4.9 mi
- Rochester Historical Society: 6.0 mi
- Somersworth Historical Museum: 6.4 mi
- Sanford-Springvale Historical Society: 8.6 mi
- New Hampshire farm Museum: 9.8 mi
- Hamilton House: 9.9 mi
- Footbridge Beach: 15.5 mi
- Moody Beach: 15.5 mi
- Ogunquit Beach: 15.6 mi
- Crescent Beach: 15.7 mi
- Town Beach: 15.8 mi
- Fairy Village: 7.7 mi
- Sherwood Cairn Garden: 11.0 mi
- Snake Eyes: 11.3 mi
- A World Alive by Sculptor Walter Liff: 14.8 mi
- Wildcat Statue: 15.0 mi
- Sanford Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Somersworth Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- South Berwick Community Garden: 8.9 mi
- UNH Butterfly Garden: 15.0 mi
- MUB Garden: 15.2 mi
- Spring Hill: 8.4 mi
- Wagon: 15.3 mi
- Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 15.3 mi
- Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 16.1 mi
- Mast Way Trails: 16.9 mi
- Gonic Trails Falls: 9.3 mi
- Orris Falls: 9.6 mi
- Kimballs Falls: 10.1 mi
- Hayes Falls: 10.1 mi
- Hook Island Falls: 17.3 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 10.8 mi
- Bald Head Cliff: 17.4 mi
- York Cliffs: 17.8 mi
- Dover Bluff: 18.4 mi
- Upper Cliff: 22.3 mi
- SERCs A & B Greenspace: 15.4 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Front Pavilion: 21.4 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 21.5 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 21.5 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 19.1 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 21.0 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 21.0 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 13.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Birch Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hussey Mountain | W 270° | 350 m | 10.8 mi |
| Hussey Hill | NNW 344° | 315 m | 11.8 mi |
| Chesley Mountain | W 271° | 306 m | 10.1 mi |
| Nubble Mountain | W 269° | 302 m | 11.6 mi |
| Teneriffe Mountain | NW 310° | 300 m | 9.4 mi |
| Middle Peak | ENE 58° | 263 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bauneg Beg Mountain | ENE 62° | 262 m | 4.9 mi |
| North Peak | NE 56° | 250 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:24 | 16:11 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester Skyhaven AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1910778 — Birch Hill, York County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358230927
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