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Birch Mountain

Birch Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Birch Mountain rises to 233 m in Connecticut. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 26 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31807638, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
233 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.74954, -72.48231

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Case Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Blackledge Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Cascade: 4.5 mi
Attractions
  • Nike Missile Site: 1.8 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 4.0 mi
  • Car Wreck: 4.7 mi
  • Insect Hotel: 5.7 mi
  • filled-in well: 6.1 mi
Parks
  • Neipsic Tennis Club: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Nebo Park: 1.8 mi
  • Spruce Street Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Munro Park: 2.4 mi
  • Lake Street Parklet: 2.6 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens: 52
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 14.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Birch Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNNE 29°294 m10.3 mi
Grant HillNE 46°284 m6.8 mi
Sugar HillNNE 30°282 m11.5 mi
Reed HillNNE 32°275 m7.8 mi
MannantuckS 170°273 m2.9 mi
John Tom HillS 170°272 m2.8 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSW 201°265 m8.8 mi
Box HillNNE 21°252 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359260308

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