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Birch Hill

Birch Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Birch Hill rises to 230 m in Connecticut. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the north, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Wood Key Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 27 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31807636, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
230 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.63093, -73.02177

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Buttermilk Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Cascade: 1.7 mi
  • Cascade: 3.2 mi
  • Cascades: 4.9 mi
  • Knife Shop Falls: 6.2 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
  • Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 4.3 mi
  • James P. Casey plaque: 4.9 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 5.2 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 5.2 mi
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 6.2 mi
Attractions: 53
Artworks: 49
  • Ben Franklin: 5.4 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 5.4 mi
  • Maori Head: 5.5 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 5.5 mi
  • Home: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 1.8 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 3.6 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 6.1 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 6.2 mi
  • Green Wall: 10.9 mi
Beaches: 13
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 7.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 24.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 24.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Hermit spring: 16.7 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Cold Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Grove: 1.1 mi
  • Pond View: 24.4 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 24.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Birch Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnnycake MountainN 9°354 m8.6 mi
Guernsey HillNW 314°346 m8.0 mi
South MountainENE 72°313 m4.0 mi
Lindsley HillE 101°312 m3.0 mi
Camp HillNW 314°311 m6.8 mi
Lattin HillNW 310°310 m5.9 mi
Walnut HillNW 307°307 m5.9 mi
Clinton HillSE 143°303 m1.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205514 — Birch Hill, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359260299

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