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Providence Pike Open Space

Providence Pike Open Space from directly overhead

Providence Pike Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 118 m. Wood Hill stands 277 m to the north, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Munyan Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 6.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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State of Connecticut
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.91850, -71.83074

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Quaddick Reservoir Boat Launc: 2.7 mi
  • Mechanicsville Park: 3.6 mi
  • Letters Street Green: 3.7 mi
  • Putnam Civil War Veterans Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Robert J. Miller Park: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 9.7 mi
  • Frog Rock: 11.8 mi
  • Crazy Corners: 12.3 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 15.4 mi
  • Fat Man's Misery: 15.6 mi
Artworks
Museums: 50
Gardens: 25
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 15.8 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Small House Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 20.9 mi
Beaches: 22
Cliffs: 17
  • Woodward's Rock: 5.9 mi
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 19.8 mi
  • Pond Cave: 20.3 mi
  • Fatboy Boulder: 20.4 mi
  • Lower Heart: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Cargill Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 15.5 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Thirsty Beaver: 15.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 19.8 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 19.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 24.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic: 14.7 mi
  • Site #36: 20.2 mi
  • Little Beach: 24.0 mi
  • Big Beach: 24.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Roger Williams Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Windham Spring: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Providence Pike Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wood HillN 5°277 m9.0 mi
Daven HillW 270°258 m9.8 mi
Jerimoth HillSSE 151°256 m5.5 mi
Durfee HillESE 112°244 m4.8 mi
Whites HillSE 135°240 m4.0 mi
Pine HillSE 125°235 m4.5 mi
Sugarloaf HillN 359°234 m9.6 mi
Mount DanielsN 11°231 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1319:4420:27
September equinox06:3518:1018:46
December solstice07:1315:3516:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962504031
Precip in3.83.54.44.63.44.54.04.23.94.84.24.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/996118508

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