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Birch Hill

Birch Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Birch Hill rises to 234 m in Maine. Kearsarge North stands 991 m to the west-northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Leita Monroe Lucas Preserve, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 0.9 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Oxford County, Maine, United States of America.

Wikidata Q33136942, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
234 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.07709, -70.99135

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Fryeburg Fairgrounds: 3.3 mi
  • Graustein Park: 3.6 mi
  • Robert E. Peary Park: 4.0 mi
  • Westons Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Bradley Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 37
Cliffs: 27
  • Jockey Cap West Face: 4.0 mi
  • Jockey Cap South Face: 4.1 mi
  • Thin Air Face: 8.7 mi
  • Barber Wall: 8.7 mi
  • Echo Roof: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 19
Beaches: 18
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 2.9 mi
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Denmark Town Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Porridge Shore Beach: 11.5 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Giant Swing: 6.1 mi
  • Cranmore Mountain Coaster: 6.1 mi
  • Roar-o-Saurus: 9.7 mi
  • Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 9.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.7 mi
Museums: 15
Springs: 7
  • Deer Hill Spring: 10.5 mi
  • lower falls: 13.3 mi
  • Davis Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 16.7 mi
  • Glen Ellis Scenic Area: 17.5 mi
  • Dolly Copp Picnic Ground: 20.5 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
  • Gilead Picnic Ground: 21.9 mi
Artworks: 4
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Sabatis Island Rest Area: 9.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Birch Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kearsarge NorthWNW991 m5.5 mi
South DoubleheadNW870 m9.1 mi
Bartlett MountainWNW786 m6.3 mi
Mount ShawNW785 m5.5 mi
The Twins (North peak)NW760 m5.2 mi
Rickers KnollWNW746 m4.9 mi
The Twins (South peak)NW745 m5.0 mi
Walter MountainNW739 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0219:4720:31
September equinox06:3218:0518:43
December solstice07:1715:2116:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192131435564696759473625
Precip in3.42.93.64.53.74.13.93.64.04.74.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fryeburg Estrn Slopes Rgnl AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 562290 — Birch Hill, Oxford County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358211914

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