Birkscairn Hill
Located in The Scottish Borders, Scotland Coordinates: 55°35′12″ N 3°09′08″ W
- Elevation
- 661 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- EDI Edinburgh Airport43 km
- GLA Glasgow Airport87 km
About Birkscairn Hill
Birkscairn Hill is a mountain. Location: The Scottish Borders, Scotland. Elevation: 661 m. The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (43 km). Nearby sights include Birks Hill and Stake Law.
Photos of Birkscairn Hill
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Dun Rig Jim Barton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Birkscairn Hill
This month · November
A wet month
Day 5° · Night -1° · Rain 125 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -3°)
- Wettest month
- January (132 mm)
- Driest month
- May (73 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 2° | 3° | 5° | 7° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 3° |
| Average low (°C) | -3° | -3° | -2° | -1° | 2° | 5° | 7° | 7° | 5° | 2° | -1° | -2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 132 | 97 | 108 | 75 | 73 | 80 | 86 | 98 | 111 | 130 | 125 | 132 |
How to get to Birkscairn Hill
The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), 43 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Edinburgh, 41 km to the north.
Airports
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 43 kmnorth
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 87 kmwest
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 90 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 41 kmnorth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 76 kmnorthwest
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 99 kmnorth
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 119 kmsoutheast
- Sunderland Population: 170.1K 136 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Birkscairn Hill
Within 100 km: 567 historic and cultural sites, 2,563 natural sites, 713 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km449 places
- The Batta Island 13 kmE
- Talla Reservoir Lake 19 kmSW
- Loch Skeen Lake 20 kmSW
- Shaws Upper Loch Lake 19 kmSE
25–60 km1,316 places
- Burntisland Beach Beach 53 kmN
- Cramond beach Beach 45 kmN
- Portobello Beach Beach 41 kmN
- Gullane Beach Beach 54 kmN
60–100 km2,078 places
- Powillimount Beach Beach 82 kmS
- Ayr Beach Beach 95 kmW
- Troon Beach Beach 95 kmW
- Seacliff Beach Beach 61 kmNE
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Innerleithen Village, The Scottish Borders6.7 km NE -
Peebles Town, The Scottish Borders7.6 km N -
Cardrona Mains Village, The Scottish Borders6.4 km NE
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Traquair Village, The Scottish Borders5.8 km E
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Walkerburn Village, The Scottish Borders9.6 km NE
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Kirkton Manor Village, The Scottish Borders6.1 km NW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Birks Hill Mountain, The Scottish Borders0.8 km NE
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Stake Law Mountain, The Scottish Borders1.6 km SW
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Dun Rig Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.7 km SW
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Little Craigie Side Mountain, The Scottish Borders2 km NE
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Kirkhope Law Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.1 km N
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Hundleshope Heights Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.6 km W
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Glenrath Heights Mountain, The Scottish Borders3.4 km W
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Newby Kipps Mountain, The Scottish Borders3.4 km NW
Sources & licences
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