Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge
Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 100 m. Chopmist Hill stands 223 m to the west-southwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Tracy Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 4.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 100 m
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 6.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 8.1 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 15.8 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 11 mi
- Lookout Point · 14 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tracy Hill: 0.5 mi
- Cat Rocks: 1.0 mi
- Bare Rock: 1.1 mi
- Snake Den: 1.3 mi
- Wolf Hill: 1.4 mi
- Deerfield Park: 1.5 mi
- Mendes Field: 1.5 mi
- Esmond Park: 1.6 mi
- Whipple Field: 1.7 mi
- Cricket Field: 1.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial at Smithfield: 1.6 mi
- Columbus: 3.0 mi
- Bryant Archway: 3.7 mi
- Harris Mill Ruins: 4.1 mi
- Rev. John Cunningham Square: 4.8 mi
- Johnston Historical Society: 1.8 mi
- Hearthside House Museum: 5.7 mi
- Rhode Island Jewish Museum: 6.1 mi
- Governor William Sprague Mansion: 6.4 mi
- Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA): 6.5 mi
- Ken Weber Conservation Area: 2.2 mi
- Wolf Hill Forest Preserve: 2.2 mi
- George Washington Picnic Grove: 3.0 mi
- Aldrich-Marshall Woods: 5.1 mi
- Lonsdale Park: 6.3 mi
- Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 4.9 mi
- McGlynn Sculpture Court: 5.2 mi
- Graffiti Mural: 6.1 mi
- Monsignor Cavallaro: 6.1 mi
- Welcome Gateway: 6.3 mi
- Rhode Island State House Tours: 6.3 mi
- Waterplace Park: 6.5 mi
- Slater Mill: 7.5 mi
- A World of Adaptations: 7.9 mi
- Hasbro's Our Big Backyard: 7.9 mi
- Mountaindale Beach: 1.0 mi
- Slacks Pond Beach: 1.3 mi
- Georgiaville Pond Beach: 1.9 mi
- Georgiaville Beach: 1.9 mi
- Steers Beach: 2.9 mi
- Site #36: 5.3 mi
- 4: 14.2 mi
- 2: 14.2 mi
- 3: 14.2 mi
- 1: 14.2 mi
- Manton Bend Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Garden of Heroes: 6.3 mi
- Rain Gardens: 6.4 mi
- Brown Street Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Radeke Garden: 6.8 mi
- Warm Up Cave: 5.2 mi
- Lower Heart: 5.2 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 5.2 mi
- Iron Cross Boulder: 5.2 mi
- Tomato Boulder: 5.3 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 0.7 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 6.5 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 6.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.4 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 2.2 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 9.2 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 15.0 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 15.3 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 17.0 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 6.5 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 15.6 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 23.9 mi
- Bara-Hack: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chopmist Hill | WSW 256° | 223 m | 7.6 mi |
| Tourtellotte Hill | WNW 286° | 213 m | 6.8 mi |
| Central Landfill | S 186° | 210 m | 4.1 mi |
| Absalona Hill | WNW 298° | 198 m | 5.5 mi |
| Keech Hill | NW 308° | 194 m | 5.7 mi |
| Round Hill | WSW 248° | 187 m | 8.6 mi |
| Woonsocket Hill | N 350° | 180 m | 7.7 mi |
| Pine Hill | SSW 203° | 174 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:34 | 16:19 |
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, 8 mi away.
- striped wintergreen32 obs
- Western Honey Bee30 obs
- Common Cuckoo28 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee28 obs
- pink lady's slipper25 obs
- Ghost Pipe25 obs
- azure bluet25 obs
- Ligated Furrow Bee23 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/230776605
Day trips start here
- Providence County · 3 mi
- Johnston · 4 mi
- North Providence · 4 mi
- Smithfield · 4 mi
- Lincoln · 6 mi
- Providence · 6 mi
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