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Absalona Hill

Absalona Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Absalona Hill rises to 198 m in Rhode Island. Jerimoth Hill stands 256 m to the west-southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Keech Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 9.0 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35723442, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
198 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.90538, -71.62201

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Marion Irons Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Byron Winsor Park: 2.2 mi
  • Glocester Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
  • Mowry Conservation Area: 3.7 mi
  • Deerfield Park: 4.1 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Harris Mill Ruins: 3.9 mi
  • Oakland Mill: 3.9 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial at Smithfield: 4.0 mi
  • Bryant Archway: 4.4 mi
  • Grover C. Walker Memorial: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 59
  • Statue of Hachikō: 8.8 mi
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 10.4 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 10.7 mi
  • Graffiti Mural: 11.1 mi
  • Monsignor Cavallaro: 11.6 mi
Attractions: 49
Beaches: 34
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 9.5 mi
  • 1: 17.0 mi
  • 2: 17.0 mi
  • 3: 17.1 mi
  • 4: 17.1 mi
Gardens: 19
  • Rain Gardens: 10.6 mi
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Garden of Heroes: 11.8 mi
  • Brown Street Community Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Radeke Garden: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 15
Rest areas: 9
  • Thirsty Beaver: 4.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 9.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 9.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 16.1 mi
  • Payne's Pond Falls: 19.1 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jerimoth HillWSW 244°256 m9.0 mi
Durfee HillW 261°244 m6.3 mi
Whites HillWSW 256°240 m8.1 mi
Pine HillWSW 256°235 m7.3 mi
Mount HygeiaWSW 243°224 m8.0 mi
Chopmist HillSSW 209°223 m5.1 mi
Badger MountainNW 304°221 m9.3 mi
Sprague HillW 269°217 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1219:4420:26
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1215:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936475766716962514132
Precip in4.53.95.24.73.84.53.64.54.45.04.55.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Foster 1 E, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357256770

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