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Birch Mountain

Birch Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Birch Mountain rises to 228 m in Maine. Big Shanty Mountain stands 948 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mattamiscontis Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 14 miles off.

The story

mountain in Maine, United States of America

Wikidata Q33136959, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
228 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.44922, -68.73781

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 27
  • Edwards Family Children's Fishing Park: 11.7 mi
  • Albert Thomas Park: 12.6 mi
  • Schoodic Lake Boat Access: 12.6 mi
  • Marguerite Flanders Playground: 12.7 mi
  • Robert A. MacEachern Memorial Park: 12.8 mi
Historic sites: 12
Waterfalls: 5
  • Grand Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Mud Gauntlet Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Gauntlet Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Cooper Brook Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Tumbledown Dick Falls: 25.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 14.1 mi
  • Dolby Flowage: 15.8 mi
  • Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 20.6 mi
Museums: 2
Beaches: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Birch Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Shanty MountainWNW 287°948 m23.2 mi
Saddleback MountainWNW 282°905 m19.7 mi
Jo-Mary MountainNW 307°883 m19.5 mi
Little Shanty MountainWNW 288°780 m22.2 mi
Little Wilkie MountainWNW 285°629 m16.9 mi
Little Boardman MountainWNW 300°609 m23.2 mi
Cedar MountainWNW 301°592 m16.3 mi
Cooper MountainNW 308°570 m23.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0818:47
June solstice04:4719:4220:28
September equinox06:2317:5618:35
December solstice07:1315:0615:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151728415463696759473523
Precip in3.52.43.53.63.74.13.43.63.44.74.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Sanitary District/wtp, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 562323 — Birch Mountain, Penobscot County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358211991

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