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Escoheag Hill

Escoheag Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Escoheag Hill rises to 168 m in Rhode Island. Howard Hill stands 209 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Stepstone Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 3.6 miles off.

The story

Escoheag Hill (ES-ko-hog, sometimes ES-ko-heag) is a 560 foot hill off Escoheag Hill Road in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. The hill was the site of the former Pine Top Ski Area. The ski area opened in the 1965-66 season and had two T-Bar lifts, night skiing, and snowmaking. For a short period in the 1970s, there was also a summertime motorcycle park. The ski area closed around 1980, and the ski lodge burned in the mid-1980s. The area is now part of the Arcadia Management Area.

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Wikidata Q16944369, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
168 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.60677, -71.77340

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Beach Pond Boat Launch: 2.3 mi
  • Beachdale Pond Boat Launch: 4.5 mi
  • Constitution Field: 5.4 mi
  • Pasquale and Maria Camputaro Memorial Field: 6.3 mi
  • Pitch Pine Grove Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Old CCC Beach Pond Camp Remains: 2.6 mi
  • H. C. Anthony Stockade: 5.9 mi
  • Bucklin Memorial, Yawgoog Scout Reservation: 6.1 mi
  • Camp Sway Memorial Staging Area: 6.2 mi
  • Whale Rock and Lighthouse: 6.4 mi
Museums
Artworks: 60
  • Giant Troll Young Boulder: 5.5 mi
  • Florence Nightingale Statue: 14.9 mi
  • Giant Troll Iver Mudslider: 14.9 mi
  • Stone Turtle: 15.2 mi
  • Rhody the Ram: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 40
Gardens: 22
Waterfalls: 19
Springs: 6
  • Elizabeth Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Old Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Factory Pond: 17.4 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Windham Spring: 23.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 6.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 20.0 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Big Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Little Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 17.3 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 17.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Escoheag Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Howard HillNNE 15°209 m11.0 mi
Ekonk HillNW 318°204 m5.8 mi
Bald HillNE 52°203 m4.1 mi
Cucumber HillN 1°195 m10.4 mi
Bare HillWNW 298°193 m4.9 mi
Gibson HillN 353°189 m8.0 mi
Cranberry HillNNE 18°189 m9.1 mi
Sterling HillNNW 327°187 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2318:59
June solstice05:1419:4320:25
September equinox06:3518:1018:46
December solstice07:1115:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357258631

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