Brookside/Olney Area
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Brookside/Olney Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Edna Martin Wildlife Refuge, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 2.5 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 5.9 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 8.1 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 5 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 5 mi
- Lookout Point · 13 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Edna Martin Wildlife Refuge: 0.8 mi
- Cushing Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Conservation Commission: 1.4 mi
- Helen Brackett Reserve: 2.1 mi
- Prospect Woods: 2.2 mi
- Hunts Mill Pump House: 1.6 mi
- Hunt House Root Cellar: 1.7 mi
- Roger Williams Botanical Center: 4.7 mi
- Waterplace Park: 4.8 mi
- Rhode Island State House Tours: 4.9 mi
- Hunt House Museum: 1.7 mi
- Lippitt House Museum: 4.0 mi
- Culinary Archive and Museum;Johnson & Wales University Culinary Arts Museum: 4.0 mi
- Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit: 4.1 mi
- Carpenter Museum: 4.2 mi
- Jacobs Hill: 1.8 mi
- Fort Hill: 3.3 mi
- Primrose Hill: 3.6 mi
- Great Rock: 3.8 mi
- Fowlers Hill: 3.9 mi
- Bridgham Farm Conservation Area: 2.0 mi
- Ron Silva Baseball Complex: 2.1 mi
- Onna W. Moniz-John Park: 2.5 mi
- Squantum Woods Park: 2.8 mi
- Osamequin Woods: 2.8 mi
- World War I Memorial: 2.5 mi
- George M. Cohen Monument: 3.7 mi
- Patriots Court: 4.1 mi
- Fox Point Veterans Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Soldiers Memorial Gate: 4.1 mi
- Giant Troll Mrs Skipper: 3.1 mi
- Indomitable: 4.1 mi
- P-131317: 4.1 mi
- Caesar Augustus: 4.1 mi
- Under the Laurentide: 4.2 mi
- Edgewood Beach: 4.1 mi
- Warren Town Beach: 6.4 mi
- Longmeadow Beach: 7.8 mi
- Frank Moody State Beach: 8.0 mi
- Swansea Town Beach: 8.0 mi
- Brown University Student Garden: 3.9 mi
- Sessions Street Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- The Frank Kellerman Memorial Garden: 4.1 mi
- J. R. Workman Garden: 4.3 mi
- Janes Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Tree Point Rocks: 6.4 mi
- Summit Wall: 8.2 mi
- Tomato Boulder: 8.2 mi
- Iron Cross Boulder: 8.3 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 8.3 mi
- Site #36: 8.8 mi
- 4: 12.9 mi
- 6: 13.0 mi
- 3: 13.0 mi
- 5: 13.0 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 5.3 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 5.5 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 10.9 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 10.9 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 11.8 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 12.9 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 13.0 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 13.5 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 18.1 mi
- The Falls: 21.2 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 4.7 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 13.2 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Brookside/Olney Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Landfill | W 269° | 210 m | 11.0 mi |
| Lawton Hill | W 262° | 141 m | 11.3 mi |
| Tracy Hill | WNW 289° | 131 m | 10.8 mi |
| Jenckes Hill | NW 312° | 129 m | 9.5 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 334° | 126 m | 11.0 mi |
| Snake Den | WNW 284° | 120 m | 10.7 mi |
| Whipple Hill | WNW 301° | 116 m | 10.1 mi |
| Round Rocks | W 270° | 116 m | 10.4 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 | 19:42 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Providence, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29837913
Day trips start here
- Seekonk · 1 mi
- East Providence · 2 mi
- Providence/College Hill · 4 mi
- Providence/Fox Point · 4 mi
- Barrington · 5 mi
- Providence · 5 mi
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