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Outdoors in Birch Hill

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Birch Hill

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 1 acre is park or preserve, 3.0 per 1,000 residents. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Birch Hill, 1.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
under 1%
2 acres · of 0.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
1.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
3.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

2 conserved acres

under 1% of Birch Hill’s land. Who manages Birch Hill’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County2 ac
Local Conservation Area · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Iron County Forest
Local Conservation Area
County2Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Birch Hill

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Birch Hill

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

When to get out

The best walking months in Birch Hill: May and September

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.010.211.813.515.015.815.514.212.510.89.38.6
High (°F)222738506473787668543927
Rain (in)1.61.31.72.83.63.94.23.73.53.52.31.8

February is the driest month (1.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 4.2 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Birch Hill →

Questions about parks and trails in Birch Hill

Is there public land near Birch Hill?

39,209 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Birch Hill or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Birch Hill neighbors.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →