Birch Mountain
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
- 14.4 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mattamiscontis Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Little Mattamiscontis Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Oak Knoll: 4.6 mi
- Bald Hill: 4.8 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 6.4 mi
- 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
- Seboeis Plantation Public Reserved Land: 3.7 mi
- Seboeis Public Reserved Land: 4.8 mi
- Pond Farm Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
- Brownville Woods: 16.6 mi
- Howland Research Forest: 17.1 mi
- Lincoln Veterans Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Civil War Monument: 12.8 mi
- WWI Doughboy Statue: 12.8 mi
- The River Drivers Memorial: 13.7 mi
- Little Italy Veterans: 14.0 mi
- 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 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
- Millinocket Historical Society: 14.4 mi
- Antique Snowmobile Museum: 15.7 mi
- Cole's Landing Beach: 21.7 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Birch Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Shanty Mountain | WNW 287° | 948 m | 23.2 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | WNW 282° | 905 m | 19.7 mi |
| Jo-Mary Mountain | NW 307° | 883 m | 19.5 mi |
| Little Shanty Mountain | WNW 288° | 780 m | 22.2 mi |
| Little Wilkie Mountain | WNW 285° | 629 m | 16.9 mi |
| Little Boardman Mountain | WNW 300° | 609 m | 23.2 mi |
| Cooper Mountain | NW 308° | 570 m | 23.1 mi |
| Ebeemee Mountain | W 275° | 556 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:08 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:47 | 19:42 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:06 | 15:55 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 17 | 28 | 41 | 54 | 63 | 69 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
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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