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Cat Rocks

Cat Rocks, seen from above at true elevation

Cat Rocks rises to 95 m in Rhode Island. Chopmist Hill stands 223 m to the west, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Tracy Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 5.1 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35733216, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
95 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.85510, -71.51895

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums
  • Johnston Historical Society: 1.4 mi
  • Rhode Island Jewish Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Governor William Sprague Mansion: 5.5 mi
  • Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA): 5.7 mi
  • Hearthside House Museum: 5.8 mi
Parks
  • Cricket Field: 1.5 mi
  • Johnston Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Esmond Park: 2.0 mi
  • Mendes Field: 2.1 mi
  • Whipple Field: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Columbus: 2.0 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial at Smithfield: 2.5 mi
  • Simmonsville Flood Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Rev. John Cunningham Square: 4.1 mi
  • Providence College Veritas Flame: 4.3 mi
Artworks: 55
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 4.3 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 4.6 mi
  • Graffiti Mural: 5.1 mi
  • Monsignor Cavallaro: 5.3 mi
  • Welcome Gateway: 5.5 mi
Attractions: 52
  • Rhode Island State House Tours: 5.6 mi
  • Waterplace Park: 5.7 mi
  • A World of Adaptations: 7.0 mi
  • Hasbro's Our Big Backyard: 7.0 mi
  • Treehouse For All: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 39
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 5.5 mi
  • 4: 14.4 mi
  • 2: 14.4 mi
  • 3: 14.4 mi
  • 5: 14.5 mi
Gardens: 21
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Garden of Heroes: 5.6 mi
  • Radeke Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Brown Street Community Garden: 6.1 mi
  • J. R. Workman Garden: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Warm Up Cave: 5.3 mi
  • Mack's Traverse: 5.3 mi
  • Iron Cross Boulder: 5.3 mi
  • Lower Heart: 5.3 mi
  • Tomato Boulder: 5.3 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Thirsty Beaver: 1.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 7.0 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 7.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Springs: 3
  • Roger Williams Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Cat Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chopmist HillW 263°223 m7.8 mi
Tourtellotte HillWNW 291°213 m7.5 mi
Central LandfillSSW 195°210 m3.3 mi
Absalona HillWNW 303°198 m6.3 mi
Keech HillNW 311°194 m6.6 mi
Round HillWSW 254°187 m8.8 mi
Woonsocket HillNNW 348°180 m8.7 mi
Pine HillSW 218°174 m3.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2218:58
June solstice05:1219:4320:25
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1115:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138495968747265534334
Precip in4.43.74.94.73.64.33.64.04.25.14.25.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1218659 — Cat Rocks, Providence County, Rhode Island.

OpenStreetMap element node/357256612

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