Benson Mountain
Benson Mountain rises to 226 m in Rhode Island. Wood Hill stands 277 m to the north-northwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Robbins Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 9.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rhode Island, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35726926, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 226 m
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 19.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 18.9 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 20.5 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 23 mi
- Lookout Point · 25 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 26 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Pond Boat Launch: 2.6 mi
- Quaddick Reservoir Boat Launc: 2.7 mi
- Wilsonville Playground: 4.4 mi
- White Mill Park: 4.5 mi
- Hauser Field: 4.9 mi
- Six Toes trail marker: 3.9 mi
- Beresik Square: 6.0 mi
- Harriet K. Crawford Memorial Tree: 6.1 mi
- Memorial Square: 6.2 mi
- Klick Square: 6.3 mi
- Buck Hill: 1.3 mi
- Badger Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Mount Daniels: 2.5 mi
- Brandy Hill: 2.9 mi
- Wallum Pond Hill: 3.3 mi
- Motion: 13.7 mi
- Statue of Hachikō: 14.5 mi
- Goddard Rocket: 14.8 mi
- Orthodox Altar: 16.7 mi
- Orson the Polar Bear: 16.8 mi
- Robbins Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Blain Preserve: 0.9 mi
- O'Leary Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Buck Hill Scout Reservation: 1.2 mi
- Long Pond Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Thompson Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- Aspinock Historical Society: 7.4 mi
- Gloucester Light Infantry Militia Armory: 8.6 mi
- Dorr Rebellion Museum: 9.0 mi
- Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center: 10.6 mi
- Fat Man's Misery: 10.2 mi
- Devil's Corncrib: 10.2 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 13.5 mi
- Path Continues: 13.9 mi
- Cellar Hole: 15.0 mi
- YWCA Beach: 6.7 mi
- Flynns Beach: 7.0 mi
- Spring Lake Beach: 7.0 mi
- Wescott Beach: 8.9 mi
- Memorial Beach: 10.0 mi
- Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 10.7 mi
- Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 10.8 mi
- Small House Garden: 17.5 mi
- Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 18.0 mi
- Hadwen Community Garden: 18.5 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 7.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 18.6 mi
- Pond Cave: 19.5 mi
- Fatboy Boulder: 19.5 mi
- Condo Rock: 19.6 mi
- Cargill Falls: 7.9 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 14.1 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 15.2 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 20.3 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 22.7 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 15.6 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 18.3 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Picnic: 14.8 mi
- 16-34: 24.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 13.5 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Benson Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Hill | NNW 345° | 277 m | 4.0 mi |
| Goat Hill | N 354° | 268 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bare Hill | NNW 345° | 262 m | 6.2 mi |
| Whittier Hill | N 356° | 256 m | 8.8 mi |
| Jerimoth Hill | S 175° | 256 m | 9.9 mi |
| King Hill | NNE 14° | 253 m | 9.9 mi |
| Durfee Hill | SSE 159° | 244 m | 7.4 mi |
| Whites Hill | S 172° | 240 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:10 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:34 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1218880 — Benson Mountain, Providence County, Rhode Island.
OpenStreetMap element node/357256881
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