- Elevation, modelled
- 26 m
- Tallest summit within 11.5 miles
- Beacon Pole Hill162 m · 11.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Revolutionary Heritage Byway3.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:25local time
- Coordinates
- 41.8636, -71.3128
Read Woods is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled 26 m. Beacon Pole Hill stands 162 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Caratunk Wildlife Refuge, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.5 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Read Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Pole Hill | NW 322° | 162 m | 11.5 mi |
| Rocky Hill | WNW 295° | 155 m | 11.1 mi |
| Diamond Hill | NNW 331° | 144 m | 10.7 mi |
| Wolf Hill | W 279° | 144 m | 11.3 mi |
| Copper Mine Hill | NW 321° | 137 m | 10.8 mi |
| Tracy Hill | W 269° | 131 m | 10.8 mi |
| Jenckes Hill | WNW 290° | 129 m | 8.1 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 320° | 126 m | 8.2 mi |
- 3.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage BywayNational
- 4.9 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 6.2 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 9.3 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 5 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 9 mi
- Lookout Point · 9 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Caratunk Wildlife Refuge: 0.7 mi
- Town Forest: 0.7 mi
- Carpenter Bird Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
- Town Forest: 0.8 mi
- Carpenter Woods: 0.9 mi
Peaks
- Great Rock: 1.4 mi
- Jacobs Hill: 2.0 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.2 mi
- Fowlers Hill: 3.6 mi
- Oak Hill: 3.9 mi
Parks
- Slater Park: 1.7 mi
- George Patrick Duffy Athletic Complex: 2.1 mi
- Doreen Tomlinson Feild: 2.3 mi
- Bridgham Farm Conservation Area: 2.5 mi
- Hebronville Park: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
- Plante-Quintairo Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Home plate of the demolished McCoy Stadium: 3.0 mi
- Liberty Arming the Patriot: 3.9 mi
- Collyer Monument: 4.2 mi
- World War I Memorial: 4.2 mi
Museums
- Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit: 2.9 mi
- Hunt House Museum: 3.0 mi
- Carpenter Museum: 3.5 mi
- Lippitt House Museum: 5.0 mi
- Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology: 5.3 mi
Artworks
- The Hummingbird Palace: 4.1 mi
- Indomitable: 5.0 mi
- P-131317: 5.2 mi
- Circle Dance: 5.2 mi
- Under the Laurentide: 5.2 mi
Attractions: 57
- Hunt House Root Cellar: 3.0 mi
- Hunts Mill Pump House: 3.0 mi
- Slater Mill: 3.7 mi
- Path Continues: 5.5 mi
- Deborah's Garden: 5.6 mi
Beaches: 38
- Frank Moody State Beach: 6.6 mi
- Edgewood Beach: 7.1 mi
- Barbara Road Beach: 7.3 mi
- Twin Rivers Beach East: 7.7 mi
- Whiting's Pond Beach: 9.1 mi
Gardens: 24
- Sessions Street Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Attleboro Rose Garden: 5.1 mi
- Brown University Student Garden: 5.1 mi
- Brown Street Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- J. R. Workman Garden: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Summit Wall: 6.6 mi
- Tomato Boulder: 6.6 mi
- Jade Boulder: 6.6 mi
- Iron Cross Boulder: 6.7 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 6.7 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 7.6 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 7.9 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 8.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 9.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Cascade Brook Falls: 13.2 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 16.3 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 16.4 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 19.2 mi
- The Falls: 24.9 mi
Springs: 3
- Roger Williams Spring: 5.5 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 16.7 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 23.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 36 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NWS Boston/norton, 11 mi away.
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- Central Falls · 4 mi
- Pawtucket · 4 mi
- Seekonk · 4 mi
- East Providence · 5 mi
- Providence/College Hill · 5 mi
- Providence/Fox Point · 5 mi
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