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Birch Hill

Birch Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

The story

mountain in York County, Maine, United States of America

Wikidata Q33136948, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
103 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.35064, -70.87173
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites
  • Deputy Sheriff Charles E. Smith (1843-1891) Historic Marker: 10.6 mi
  • Roundhouse: 10.6 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 14.0 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 14.1 mi
  • Governor's Road: 14.4 mi
Museums: 56
Beaches: 51
Artworks: 19
  • 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
Gardens: 16
Cliffs: 14
  • Coffin's Cut: 10.8 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 10.8 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 10.9 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 10.9 mi
  • Bald Head Cliff: 17.4 mi
Attractions: 13
  • 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
Waterfalls: 11
  • 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
Picnic sites: 8
  • 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
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
  • Two Sisters Spring: 13.5 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hussey MountainW 270°350 m10.8 mi
Hussey HillNNW 344°315 m11.8 mi
Chesley MountainW 271°306 m10.1 mi
Nubble MountainW 269°302 m11.6 mi
Teneriffe MountainNW 310°300 m9.4 mi
Middle PeakENE 58°263 m5.0 mi
Bauneg Beg MountainENE 62°262 m4.9 mi
North PeakNE 56°250 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0419:4520:28
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1415:2416:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465666716962503930
Precip in2.52.23.73.73.53.93.53.23.44.43.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester Skyhaven AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

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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