Birchard Hill
Birchard Hill rises to 555 m in Pennsylvania. East Mountain stands 719 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is The Green in Montrose, a park 1.9 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wikidata Q49012979, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 555 m
How to reach it
- 12.8 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
- 26.5 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Green in Montrose: 1.9 mi
- Montrose Park: 2.2 mi
- Heart Park: 2.7 mi
- Franklin Forks Park: 4.9 mi
- Franklin Avenue Park: 9.4 mi
- Poplar Hill: 4.3 mi
- Stonecrop Hill: 5.7 mi
- Wolf Hill: 6.5 mi
- Mott Hill: 7.2 mi
- Dean Hill: 7.3 mi
- Salt Springs State Park: 4.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 175: 6.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 35: 9.6 mi
- Skyline Drive State Forest: 13.1 mi
- Hawkins Pond State Forest: 14.7 mi
- A Very Old Barn: 4.6 mi
- banks Susquehanna River: 12.6 mi
- Priesthood Restoration Site: 12.9 mi
- Maple Tree Grove: 13.0 mi
- The Top: 13.2 mi
- I Love NY Sculpture: 12.4 mi
- The Skirmisher: 17.4 mi
- Dickinson Object: 17.7 mi
- Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 17.7 mi
- Cirrus Statue: 17.8 mi
- Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood: 12.8 mi
- Chimney: 13.3 mi
- H. James Saxton and Donald Sherwood monument: 16.0 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 17.8 mi
- Harpur Statue: 17.9 mi
- Kopernik Observatory & Science Center: 14.4 mi
- Roberson Museum & Science Center: 17.4 mi
- Phelps Mansion: 17.8 mi
- The Bundy Museum of History and Art: 18.1 mi
- Vestal Museum: 19.6 mi
- Salt Springs: 4.5 mi
- The Salt Spring: 4.6 mi
- Spencer Spring: 16.7 mi
- Campus Garden: 17.0 mi
- Outdoor Biological Research Facility: 17.6 mi
- Laurel Ave Community Garden: 18.1 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 10.7 mi
- Broome Gateway Rest Area: 12.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Birchard Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Mountain | ESE 116° | 719 m | 15.4 mi |
| Slocum Hill | E 89° | 612 m | 14.7 mi |
| Cork Hill | NW 311° | 577 m | 15.4 mi |
| Lucky Hill | NNW 339° | 550 m | 13.2 mi |
| Stonecrop Hill | NNE 16° | 549 m | 5.7 mi |
| Brady Hill | NNW 348° | 545 m | 11.5 mi |
| Wolf Hill | ESE 109° | 544 m | 6.5 mi |
| Hickory Knob | NE 41° | 537 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:00 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:51 | 16:36 |
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 | 22 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montrose, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357277440
Day trips start here
- Endless Mountains · 19 mi
- Factoryville · 20 mi
- Clarks Summit · 26 mi
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