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Bowen Hill

Bowen Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bowen Hill rises to 184 m in Rhode Island. Jerimoth Hill stands 256 m to the north-northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Waterman Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway runs past it.

About

The story

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

Wikidata Q35728944, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
184 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.71621, -71.70757

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Whale Rock and Lighthouse: 2.7 mi
  • Grover C. Walker Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Old CCC Beach Pond Camp Remains: 8.1 mi
  • Camp Sway Memorial Staging Area: 8.6 mi
  • Fallen Workers Memorial: 9.1 mi
Parks
  • Frank Sherman Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
  • Westconnaug Meadows: 3.9 mi
  • Pitch Pine Grove Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Thoman Land and Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
  • The Point: 5.9 mi
Museums
Artworks: 56
  • Giant Troll Young Boulder: 10.9 mi
  • Graffiti Mural: 13.2 mi
  • Heritage Art Gallery and Glass Studio: 13.5 mi
  • Giant Troll Iver Mudslider: 15.2 mi
  • Ferdinand II: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 33
Beaches: 29
Waterfalls: 17
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 3.3 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Payne's Pond Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 13.4 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 15.3 mi
  • Roger Williams Park Garden: 16.2 mi
  • Janes Community Garden: 16.7 mi
  • Garden of Heroes: 17.0 mi
  • Radeke Garden: 17.2 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 5.3 mi
  • Woodward's Rock: 13.4 mi
  • Warm Up Cave: 18.8 mi
  • Mack's Traverse: 18.9 mi
  • Iron Cross Boulder: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 11.1 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 14.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 20.5 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Little Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Big Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Site #36: 19.1 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 24.0 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 24.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Elizabeth Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Factory Pond: 23.2 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Bowen Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jerimoth HillNNW 338°256 m9.9 mi
Mount HygeiaNNW 344°224 m9.8 mi
Chopmist HillNNE 13°223 m8.9 mi
Pray HillN 351°216 m9.8 mi
Bear HillNNW 330°215 m10.0 mi
Howard HillN 351°209 m3.1 mi
Ekonk HillWSW 246°204 m8.0 mi
Bald HillS 182°203 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1319:4320:26
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1115:3516:20

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1218279 — Bowen Hill, Kent County, Rhode Island.

OpenStreetMap element node/357256110

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