Birch Island
Birch Island is an islet in Franklin, New York. Birch Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Upper St. Regis, as well as near Keese Mill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lower St. Regis Lake.
Lower St. Regis Lake
Reservoir
Lower St. Regis Lake is a part of the St. Regis River in the Adirondacks in northern New York State. At its northern edge is Paul Smith's College, former site of Paul Smith's Hotel. Lower St. Regis Lake is situated 1½ miles north of Birch Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Upper St. Regis and Keese Mill.
Upper St. Regis
Hamlet
Upper St. Regis is a small hamlet on New York State Route 30 near Upper St. Regis Lake, 3 miles south of Paul Smiths in Franklin County, New York, United States. Camp Wild Air was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Keese Mill
Hamlet
Keese Mill—better known locally as Keese's Mills, but also spelled as Keeses Mill and Keeses Mills—is a hamlet west of Paul Smiths in the Town of Brighton, Franklin County, New York, United States, in the Adirondacks. Keese Mill is situated 2½ miles northwest of Birch Island.
Paul Smiths
Hamlet
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Paul Smiths is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Brighton in Franklin County, New York, United States. It is located on Lower Saint Regis Lake in the Adirondacks, 12 miles northwest of Saranac Lake, located at 44°26' North 74°15' West. Paul Smiths is situated 2½ miles north of Birch Island.
Birch Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Franklin County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 944003)
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Franklin, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.40418° or 44° 24′ 15″ northLongitude
-74.26934° or 74° 16′ 10″ westElevation
1,657 feet (505 metres)Open location code
87P7CP3J+M7OpenStreetMap ID
way 135249754OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
“Birch Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Birch Island”
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