Cliff · Rhode Island
Fatboy Boulder
Fatboy Boulder is a cliff in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pond Cave, a cliff less than a tenth of a mile away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads runs past it.
What the record says
- Height
- 4 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.90550, -71.43461
- On the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 3.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 6.7 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 14.4 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 5 mi
- Lookout Point · 9 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 11 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Hearthside House Museum: 0.2 mi
- Captain Wilbur Kelly House Transportation Museum: 2.2 mi
- Johnston Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit: 4.6 mi
- Rhode Island Jewish Museum: 5.0 mi
Parks
- Lincoln Woods State Park: 0.6 mi
- Gateway Park: 0.8 mi
- Arnold Park: 1.2 mi
- Blackstone River Bikeway: 1.8 mi
- Lime Acres Park: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Lonsdale Park: 0.9 mi
- Aldrich-Marshall Woods: 1.7 mi
- Geddes Bowen Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Cumberland Monastery: 2.8 mi
- Hirsch Property: 3.2 mi
Peaks
- Jenckes Hill: 1.3 mi
- Stump Hill: 1.4 mi
- Molasses Hill: 1.4 mi
- Cobble Hill: 1.8 mi
- Dexters Ledge: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
- Cumberland Veteran's Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Monk's Quarry: 2.5 mi
- Nine Men's Misery Monument: 2.8 mi
- Collyer Monument: 3.0 mi
- Liberty Arming the Patriot: 3.1 mi
Artworks
- The Hummingbird Palace: 4.2 mi
- Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 4.2 mi
- McGlynn Sculpture Court: 4.3 mi
- The Independent Man: 5.3 mi
- Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry: 5.3 mi
Attractions: 51
- Slater Mill: 3.3 mi
- Rhode Island State House Tours: 5.2 mi
- Waterplace Park: 5.5 mi
- Cumberlandite: 6.9 mi
- Hunt House Root Cellar: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 43
- Frank Moody State Beach: 1.2 mi
- Twin Rivers Beach East: 2.7 mi
- Georgiaville Beach: 3.9 mi
- Georgiaville Pond Beach: 3.9 mi
- Mountaindale Beach: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 22
- Site #36: 0.2 mi
- 4: 8.9 mi
- 3: 8.9 mi
- 2: 8.9 mi
- 5: 8.9 mi
Gardens: 21
- Rain Gardens: 1.0 mi
- Sessions Street Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Brown Street Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Garden of Heroes: 5.3 mi
- J. R. Workman Garden: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 17
- Pond Cave: 0.0 mi
- Lower Heart: 0.5 mi
- Jade Boulder: 0.5 mi
- Summit Wall: 0.5 mi
- Tomato Boulder: 0.5 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 2.4 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 2.5 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 5.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 10.0 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Cascade Brook Falls: 7.1 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 14.6 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 17.3 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 17.5 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 22.3 mi
Springs: 2
- Roger Williams Spring: 5.3 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Fatboy Boulder. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Landfill | SW 218° | 210 m | 8.5 mi |
| Woonsocket Hill | NW 309° | 180 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pine Hill | SW 227° | 174 m | 8.5 mi |
| Whortleberry Hill | NW 313° | 169 m | 6.3 mi |
| Nipsachuck Hill | WNW 290° | 167 m | 7.3 mi |
| Beacon Pole Hill | N 353° | 162 m | 6.2 mi |
| Rocky Hill | WNW 294° | 155 m | 4.2 mi |
| Catamint Hill | N 355° | 152 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1153746181
Day trips start here
- Lincoln · 1 mi
- Central Falls · 2 mi
- North Providence · 3 mi
- Pawtucket · 3 mi
- Cumberland · 4 mi
- Providence/North and East · 4 mi
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