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Badger Mountain

Badger Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Badger Mountain rises to 221 m in Rhode Island. Wood Hill stands 277 m to the north-northwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 10 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q35724751, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
221 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.98149, -71.77146

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Quaddick Reservoir Boat Launc: 2.8 mi
  • White Mill Park: 3.1 mi
  • Hauser Field: 3.4 mi
  • Clear River Open Space: 3.6 mi
  • Granite Mill Park: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Fat Man's Misery: 10.5 mi
  • Devil's Corncrib: 10.5 mi
  • Crazy Corners: 14.2 mi
  • Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 14.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 15.0 mi
Artworks: 56
Museums: 41
Beaches: 28
Gardens: 23
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 18.9 mi
  • Herb Garden: 18.9 mi
  • Small House Garden: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 20
  • Picnic: 16.2 mi
  • Site #36: 17.9 mi
  • 1: 23.4 mi
  • 36: 23.5 mi
  • 2: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cargill Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 19.5 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Thirsty Beaver: 14.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 17.0 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 21.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Badger Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wood HillNNW 334°277 m5.1 mi
Goat HillNNW 346°268 m8.7 mi
Bare HillNNW 337°262 m7.3 mi
Jerimoth HillS 183°256 m9.1 mi
Whittier HillN 349°256 m9.7 mi
Fort HillNNW 335°253 m8.6 mi
Durfee HillSSE 167°244 m6.4 mi
Whites HillS 181°240 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2318:59
June solstice05:1219:4420:27
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1215:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962504031
Precip in3.83.54.44.63.44.54.04.23.94.84.24.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1218875 — Badger Mountain, Providence County, Rhode Island.

OpenStreetMap element node/359273805

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