Cathedral Square
Cathedral Square is a park in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the west, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Providence Public Safety Memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 1.6 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 5.8 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 9.3 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 5 mi
- Lookout Point · 14 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Providence Public Safety Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Providence Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 0.4 mi
- "The Hiker": 0.5 mi
- Rhode Island IX State Memorial and Remembrance Park: 0.5 mi
- Abbott Park: 0.2 mi
- Trinity Mews: 0.2 mi
- Freeman Park: 0.2 mi
- Grants Block: 0.3 mi
- Garbaldi Square: 0.4 mi
- Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA): 0.2 mi
- Providence Children's Museum: 0.4 mi
- Governor Stephen Hopkins House: 0.7 mi
- The Nature Lab at Rhode Island School of Design: 0.7 mi
- John Brown House Museum: 0.7 mi
- Welcome Gateway: 0.3 mi
- Giuseppe Garibaldi: 0.3 mi
- Monsignor Cavallaro: 0.5 mi
- Ambrose Burnside Statue: 0.5 mi
- Still Here: 0.5 mi
- Waterplace Park: 0.5 mi
- Rhode Island State House Tours: 0.8 mi
- Hasbro's Our Big Backyard: 2.1 mi
- Naturescape: 2.1 mi
- Treehouse For All: 2.1 mi
- Fort Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 1.7 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.3 mi
- Baileys Butts: 2.3 mi
- The summit: 2.6 mi
- Boyden Heights Conservation Area: 3.1 mi
- Edna Martin Wildlife Refuge: 4.1 mi
- Seekonk Sanctuary: 4.4 mi
- Conservation Commission: 4.7 mi
- Brookside/Olney Area: 4.9 mi
- Edgewood Beach: 3.1 mi
- Twin Rivers Beach East: 4.3 mi
- Frank Moody State Beach: 4.9 mi
- Georgiaville Pond Beach: 6.8 mi
- Georgiaville Beach: 6.8 mi
- Radeke Garden: 0.7 mi
- Garden of Heroes: 0.7 mi
- Janes Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- The Frank Kellerman Memorial Garden: 1.0 mi
- J. R. Workman Garden: 1.0 mi
- Tomato Boulder: 5.5 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 5.5 mi
- Iron Cross Boulder: 5.5 mi
- Warm Up Cave: 5.5 mi
- Summit Wall: 5.5 mi
- Site #36: 6.1 mi
- 4: 13.4 mi
- 3: 13.4 mi
- 6: 13.4 mi
- 5: 13.4 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 7.2 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 8.4 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 8.5 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 9.8 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 10.1 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 8.8 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 11.6 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 11.8 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 13.4 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 19.9 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 0.8 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 12.0 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Cathedral Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Landfill | W 263° | 210 m | 6.2 mi |
| Pine Hill | W 271° | 174 m | 7.1 mi |
| Peck Hill | W 261° | 167 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bald Hill | WSW 245° | 161 m | 7.9 mi |
| Rocky Hill | NNW 328° | 155 m | 9.0 mi |
| Horn Hill | WSW 252° | 154 m | 7.5 mi |
| Wolf Hill | NW 309° | 144 m | 7.5 mi |
| Snake Hill | WNW 290° | 144 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:34 | 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, 7 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly264 obs
- House Sparrow163 obs
- Eastern Cottontail146 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel139 obs
- Mallard134 obs
- American Robin134 obs
- common mugwort115 obs
- Rock Pigeon112 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/295587712
Day trips start here
- Providence · 0 mi
- Providence/Downtown · 0 mi
- Providence/College Hill · 1 mi
- Providence/Federal Hill · 1 mi
- Providence/Fox Point · 1 mi
- Providence/Smith Hill · 1 mi
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