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Bald Hill

Bald Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Hill rises to 161 m in Rhode Island. Chopmist Hill stands 223 m to the northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Horn Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.4 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States of America

Wikidata Q35724952, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
161 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.77177, -71.55562

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hope Park: 2.4 mi
  • Hope Pond Recreational Area: 2.6 mi
  • Hope Village Green: 2.6 mi
  • Harris Playground: 3.3 mi
  • Meshanticut State Park: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Simmonsville Flood Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Columbus: 4.6 mi
  • Grover C. Walker Memorial: 5.6 mi
  • Harris Mill Ruins: 6.0 mi
  • Station Fire Memorial: 6.5 mi
Museums
Artworks: 59
  • Graffiti Mural: 4.5 mi
  • Pineapple: 7.2 mi
  • Ferdinand II: 7.2 mi
  • Brown R. Church: 7.3 mi
  • Sea Lion sculpture: 7.3 mi
Beaches: 50
Attractions: 49
  • Crazy Corners: 5.5 mi
  • A World of Adaptations: 7.2 mi
  • Victorian Rose Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Roger Williams Park Carousel: 7.3 mi
Gardens: 24
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Roger Williams Park Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Janes Community Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Garden of Heroes: 8.3 mi
  • Radeke Garden: 8.5 mi
Picnic sites: 21
  • Little Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Big Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Site #36: 11.1 mi
  • 4: 20.0 mi
  • 3: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Warm Up Cave: 10.7 mi
  • Mack's Traverse: 10.7 mi
  • Iron Cross Boulder: 10.7 mi
  • Tomato Boulder: 10.8 mi
  • Lower Heart: 10.8 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Thirsty Beaver: 7.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 12.9 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Springs: 3
  • Roger Williams Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 18.1 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Bald Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chopmist HillNW 309°223 m7.6 mi
Central LandfillNNE 22°210 m2.8 mi
Howard HillW 265°209 m8.3 mi
Cranberry HillWSW 252°189 m8.9 mi
Oak HillWNW 301°188 m9.6 mi
Round HillWNW 297°187 m7.4 mi
Bowen HillWSW 244°184 m8.7 mi
Weaver HillSW 216°184 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:58
June solstice05:1219:4320:25
September equinox06:3418:0918:45
December solstice07:1115:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968747264524233
Precip in4.53.55.04.73.64.13.24.33.95.34.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coventry 2, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1218616 — Bald Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island.

OpenStreetMap element node/357256522

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