Park · Rhode Island
Peter Randall State Park
Peter Randall State Park is a park in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the southwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Governor Notte Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 2.9 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates41.86665, -71.47676
- 2.9 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 3.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 5.9 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 13.7 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 4 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 9 mi
- Lookout Point · 13 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Governor Notte Park: 0.8 mi
- Cricket Field: 0.9 mi
- Captain Stephen Olney Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Esmond Park: 1.8 mi
- Whipple Field: 1.9 mi
Museums
- Johnston Historical Society: 0.9 mi
- Hearthside House Museum: 3.7 mi
- Rhode Island Jewish Museum: 3.8 mi
- Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA): 4.4 mi
- The Nature Lab at Rhode Island School of Design: 4.5 mi
Peaks
- Fruit Hill: 1.3 mi
- Whipple Hill: 1.5 mi
- Bare Rock: 1.5 mi
- Cat Rocks: 2.3 mi
- Tracy Hill: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
- Rev. John Cunningham Square: 2.5 mi
- Providence College Veritas Flame: 2.6 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Columbus: 3.2 mi
- Lithuanian Monument: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge: 2.6 mi
- Aldrich-Marshall Woods: 3.9 mi
- Wolf Hill Forest Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Lonsdale Park: 4.1 mi
- George Washington Picnic Grove: 4.3 mi
Artworks: 59
- Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 2.6 mi
- McGlynn Sculpture Court: 2.8 mi
- Monsignor Cavallaro: 4.0 mi
- The Independent Man: 4.0 mi
- Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry: 4.0 mi
Attractions: 52
- Rhode Island State House Tours: 4.0 mi
- Waterplace Park: 4.2 mi
- Slater Mill: 4.9 mi
- Hasbro's Our Big Backyard: 6.2 mi
- A World of Adaptations: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 39
- Twin Rivers Beach East: 0.8 mi
- Georgiaville Pond Beach: 2.3 mi
- Georgiaville Beach: 2.3 mi
- Frank Moody State Beach: 2.6 mi
- Mountaindale Beach: 3.2 mi
Picnic sites: 22
- Site #36: 3.4 mi
- 4: 12.3 mi
- 3: 12.4 mi
- 2: 12.4 mi
- 5: 12.4 mi
Gardens: 21
- Manton Bend Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Garden of Heroes: 4.0 mi
- Rain Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Brown Street Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Radeke Garden: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 18
- Warm Up Cave: 3.1 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 3.1 mi
- Iron Cross Boulder: 3.1 mi
- Lower Heart: 3.1 mi
- Tomato Boulder: 3.1 mi
Rest areas: 9
- Thirsty Beaver: 3.1 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 5.3 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 5.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.4 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- Cascade Brook Falls: 4.8 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 11.4 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 14.6 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 14.8 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 18.9 mi
Springs: 3
- Roger Williams Spring: 4.2 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 15.2 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Peter Randall State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Landfill | SW 217° | 210 m | 5.0 mi |
| Absalona Hill | WNW 290° | 198 m | 7.9 mi |
| Keech Hill | WNW 296° | 194 m | 8.0 mi |
| Woonsocket Hill | NNW 333° | 180 m | 8.6 mi |
| Pine Hill | SW 232° | 174 m | 5.1 mi |
| Steere Hill | W 280° | 172 m | 7.1 mi |
| Whortleberry Hill | NNW 340° | 169 m | 7.4 mi |
| Peck Hill | SW 224° | 167 m | 6.2 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 | 16:19 |
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.
- Spotted Lanternfly47 obs
- American Robin45 obs
- House Sparrow31 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel30 obs
- Gray Catbird24 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander20 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee19 obs
- Mourning Dove18 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/297032668
Day trips start here
- North Providence · 1 mi
- Johnston · 3 mi
- Lincoln · 4 mi
- Providence · 4 mi
- Providence/Federal Hill · 4 mi
- Providence/North and East · 4 mi
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