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Briar Hill

Briar Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Briar Hill rises to 403 m in Michigan. Millie Hill stands 475 m to the west-northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Mountain Iron Mine, a attraction 0.3 miles away. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

The story

Mountain in Dickinson County, Michigan, United States of America.

Wikidata Q33137340, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
403 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.78714, -87.86470

82 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 50
Waterfalls: 8
  • Fumee Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Upper Fumee Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Eighteen Foot Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Bull Falls: 20.7 mi
  • LaSalle Falls: 20.7 mi
Peaks: 6
Museums: 5
Attractions: 3
Historic sites: 1
  • Steele Monument: 0.4 mi
Springs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Antoine Beach: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Briar Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Millie HillWNW475 m9.0 mi
Pine MountainWNW462 m10.9 mi
Trader HillWNW445 m8.9 mi
Iron HillNW358 m2.4 mi
Chalk HillS253 m17.2 mi
Buck HillS234 m24.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2519:04
June solstice05:0220:0020:46
September equinox06:3918:1218:51
December solstice07:3015:2016:10

Local time (America/Menominee).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141728415464696759453321
Precip in1.41.11.72.83.53.73.43.43.63.31.91.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Iron Mtn-kingsford Wwtp, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/353917142

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