Park · Rhode Island
Esek Hopkins Homestead
Esek Hopkins Homestead is a park in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the west-southwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Hopkins Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.6 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates41.84206, -71.42082
- 0.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 2.6 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 4.2 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 10.5 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 7 mi
- Lookout Point · 12 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Hopkins Park: 0.1 mi
- Father Lennon Park: 0.5 mi
- Prete-Metcalf Field: 0.5 mi
- Joseph P. Hassett, Sr. Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Boyle Square: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
- Armenian Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Lithuanian Monument: 0.6 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Providence College Veritas Flame: 0.8 mi
- Garden of Heroes: 0.8 mi
Museums
- Rhode Island Jewish Museum: 0.5 mi
- The Nature Lab at Rhode Island School of Design: 1.2 mi
- Governor Stephen Hopkins House: 1.4 mi
- Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology: 1.4 mi
- Lippitt House Museum: 1.6 mi
Artworks
- McGlynn Sculpture Court: 0.6 mi
- The Independent Man: 0.8 mi
- Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 0.8 mi
- Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry: 0.9 mi
- Major General Nathanael Greene: 0.9 mi
Attractions
- Rhode Island State House Tours: 0.8 mi
- Waterplace Park: 1.1 mi
- Slater Mill: 3.1 mi
- Hasbro's Our Big Backyard: 3.7 mi
- Naturescape: 3.7 mi
Peaks
- Windmill Hill: 1.3 mi
- Baileys Butts: 1.4 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 1.7 mi
- Fruit Hill: 2.1 mi
- Fort Hill: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Seekonk Sanctuary: 4.2 mi
- Boyden Heights Conservation Area: 4.4 mi
- Lonsdale Park: 4.6 mi
- Edna Martin Wildlife Refuge: 4.7 mi
- Conservation Commission: 4.9 mi
Beaches: 42
- Twin Rivers Beach East: 3.0 mi
- Frank Moody State Beach: 3.3 mi
- Edgewood Beach: 4.7 mi
- Georgiaville Pond Beach: 5.6 mi
- Georgiaville Beach: 5.6 mi
Gardens: 23
- Garden of Heroes: 0.8 mi
- Brown Street Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Radeke Garden: 1.3 mi
- J. R. Workman Garden: 1.3 mi
- The Frank Kellerman Memorial Garden: 1.5 mi
Picnic sites: 22
- Site #36: 4.5 mi
- 4: 12.1 mi
- 3: 12.1 mi
- 6: 12.1 mi
- 5: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Tomato Boulder: 3.9 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 3.9 mi
- Iron Cross Boulder: 3.9 mi
- Warm Up Cave: 3.9 mi
- Summit Wall: 3.9 mi
Rest areas: 9
- Thirsty Beaver: 6.3 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 6.9 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 6.9 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 10.7 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Cascade Brook Falls: 8.0 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 13.1 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 13.2 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 13.5 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 20.4 mi
Springs: 3
- Roger Williams Spring: 1.0 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 13.5 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Esek Hopkins Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Landfill | WSW 249° | 210 m | 6.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | WSW 258° | 174 m | 7.0 mi |
| Peck Hill | WSW 249° | 167 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bald Hill | SW 235° | 161 m | 8.5 mi |
| Rocky Hill | NW 323° | 155 m | 7.6 mi |
| Horn Hill | WSW 241° | 154 m | 8.0 mi |
| Rocky Hill | W 274° | 147 m | 10.1 mi |
| Wolf Hill | WNW 300° | 144 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 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.
- Spotted Lanternfly246 obs
- Eastern Cottontail158 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee158 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel141 obs
- American Robin139 obs
- House Sparrow131 obs
- Mallard118 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle106 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/295603806
Day trips start here
- Providence · 1 mi
- Providence/College Hill · 1 mi
- Providence/North and East · 1 mi
- Providence/Smith Hill · 1 mi
- North Providence · 2 mi
- Providence/Downtown · 2 mi
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