Birch Rock Hill
Birch Rock Hill rises to 891 m in Pennsylvania. Mount Davis stands 979 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Roaring Run Natural Area, a park 1.4 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49012972, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 891 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
- 22.5 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 23.9 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Paradise Overlook · 13 mi
- Point Lookout · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Roaring Run Natural Area: 1.4 mi
- Laurel Hill State Park: 3.9 mi
- Kooser State Park: 4.7 mi
- Laurel Hill Park: 5.7 mi
- Laural Ridge State Park: 5.9 mi
- Spook Hill: 1.4 mi
- Painter Rock Hill: 1.7 mi
- 2768 feet: 2.6 mi
- Fowl Hill: 3.7 mi
- Jockey Knob: 5.9 mi
- Laurel Ridge State Park XC Skiing Concession Building: 7.0 mi
- Fallingwater: 12.6 mi
- Soak Zone: 14.7 mi
- Tipping Bucket: 14.7 mi
- Daniel Tiger Stage: 14.8 mi
- Mt. Hope School: 1.7 mi
- CCC Monument: 5.6 mi
- Quecreek Mine Accident And Rescue: 12.4 mi
- Monument for Life: 12.4 mi
- Mount Pleasant WWI Memorial: 13.8 mi
- Laurel Hill Visitor Center: 5.5 mi
- Powdermill Nature Center: 8.2 mi
- Powder Mill Nature Reserve: 8.2 mi
- Speyer Gallery: 12.6 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 13.7 mi
- Wolf Rocks: 8.9 mi
- Ninety Foot Rocks: 9.3 mi
- Beam Rocks: 10.3 mi
- Baughman Rock Overlook: 16.3 mi
- Shelter Rocks: 20.5 mi
- Laurel Summit State Park: 8.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 50: 14.7 mi
- Kimberly Run Natural Area: 15.7 mi
- Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve: 17.1 mi
- State Game Lands Number 271: 19.2 mi
- Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve Colonial Garden: 17.1 mi
- Monastic Garden Area: 17.2 mi
- Formal Garden: 19.5 mi
- Penn State Master Gardeners’ Richard E. Thorn Memorial Gardens: 20.5 mi
- The Chateau Gardens: 20.8 mi
- Kooser Spring: 3.6 mi
- Paterson Spring: 4.3 mi
- Baughman Spring: 19.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 20.7 mi
- Cole Run Falls: 5.5 mi
- Sugar Run Falls: 13.4 mi
- Ohiopyle Falls: 15.6 mi
- Cucumber Falls: 16.1 mi
- Birdhouse: 12.9 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 23.7 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson and Albert Gallatin: 23.8 mi
- Tharp Knob Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Cucumber Run Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Slovak Club Picnic Grounds: 18.6 mi
- West Overton: 14.0 mi
- Watering Trough: 22.4 mi
- Keystone Beach: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Birch Rock Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Davis | SSE 158° | 979 m | 19.5 mi |
| Baughman Rocks | SSE 156° | 961 m | 19.2 mi |
| Glade Mountain | SSE 161° | 936 m | 18.8 mi |
| 2768 feet | E 99° | 923 m | 2.6 mi |
| Ringer Hill | SSE 163° | 903 m | 22.3 mi |
| Maust Hill | SSE 164° | 901 m | 22.8 mi |
| Vought Rock | SSE 151° | 898 m | 18.3 mi |
| Painter Rock Hill | NE 37° | 893 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:13 | 16:56 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hidden Valley, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1169640 — Birch Rock Hill, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357277436
Day trips start here
- Donegal · 6 mi
- Somerset · 13 mi
- Connellsville · 15 mi
- Ohiopyle · 15 mi
- New Stanton · 19 mi
- Greensburg · 21 mi
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