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Carbuncle Hill

Carbuncle Hill, a peak in Rhode Island
Carbuncle Hill, a peak in Rhode IslandMagicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0
Carbuncle Hill, a peak in Rhode Island
Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0

Carbuncle Hill rises to 148 m in Rhode Island. Jerimoth Hill stands 256 m to the north, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Spencer Rock Waterfall, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway runs past it.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35732794, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
148 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.70927, -71.76563

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Pitch Pine Grove Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Neil H. Cook Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
  • Thoman Land and Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
  • Moosup Veterans Park: 5.9 mi
  • Rotary Park: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Whale Rock and Lighthouse: 4.2 mi
  • Fallen Workers Memorial: 6.5 mi
  • Fallen Workers Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Old CCC Beach Pond Camp Remains: 7.9 mi
  • Grover C. Walker Memorial: 8.1 mi
Museums
Artworks: 54
  • Giant Troll Young Boulder: 11.1 mi
  • Graffiti Mural: 16.2 mi
  • Heritage Art Gallery and Glass Studio: 16.2 mi
  • Giant Troll Iver Mudslider: 17.3 mi
  • Pineapple: 18.7 mi
Attractions: 32
Beaches: 27
Waterfalls: 17
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 0.7 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Payne's Pond Falls: 16.0 mi
Gardens: 17
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Roger Williams Park Garden: 19.2 mi
  • Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 19.4 mi
  • Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 19.6 mi
  • Janes Community Garden: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 5.0 mi
  • Woodward's Rock: 14.1 mi
  • Warm Up Cave: 21.5 mi
  • Mack's Traverse: 21.5 mi
  • Iron Cross Boulder: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 11.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.6 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 16.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 22.9 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Springs: 6
  • Elizabeth Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Windham Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Old Spring: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Little Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Big Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Site #36: 21.7 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 24.0 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Carbuncle Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jerimoth HillN 356°256 m9.7 mi
Mount HygeiaN 1°224 m9.9 mi
Chopmist HillNNE 28°223 m10.4 mi
Pray HillN 8°216 m10.2 mi
Bear HillNNW 347°215 m9.3 mi
Howard HillNE 36°209 m4.3 mi
Ekonk HillWSW 237°204 m5.1 mi
Bald HillSSE 148°203 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2318:59
June solstice05:1319:4420:26
September equinox06:3518:1018:46
December solstice07:1215:3516:20

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357256045

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