Peak · Rhode Island
Forge Hill
Forge Hill rises to 135 m in Rhode Island. Chopmist Hill stands 223 m to the southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mowry Conservation Area, a park 0.7 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 5.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Rhode Island, United States of America
Wikidata Q49029989, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 135 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.93038, -71.55617
- 5.9 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 9.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 11.8 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 19.7 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 10 mi
- Lookout Point · 13 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 15 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Mowry Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Conaty Park: 1.0 mi
- Memorial Grove: 1.1 mi
- Bryant Pond: 1.2 mi
- Bryant University Pond: 1.2 mi
Peaks
- Nipsachuck Hill: 1.0 mi
- Wionkhiege Hill: 2.0 mi
- Cat Hill: 2.2 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.4 mi
- Black Plain Hill: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
- Bryant Archway: 1.2 mi
- Veteran's Memorial at Smithfield: 3.3 mi
- Oakland Mill: 4.9 mi
- Woonsocket Civil War Monument: 5.7 mi
- Harris Mill Ruins: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves
- George Washington Picnic Grove: 1.7 mi
- Wolf Hill Forest Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Ken Weber Conservation Area: 3.6 mi
- Booth Pond: 4.2 mi
- Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge: 4.6 mi
Museums
- Museum of Work and Culture: 5.2 mi
- Johnston Historical Society: 5.7 mi
- Dorr Rebellion Museum: 5.8 mi
- Gloucester Light Infantry Militia Armory: 5.8 mi
- Captain Wilbur Kelly House Transportation Museum: 6.3 mi
Artworks: 60
- Statue of Hachikō: 5.5 mi
- Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 8.5 mi
- McGlynn Sculpture Court: 8.8 mi
- The Hummingbird Palace: 9.9 mi
- The Independent Man: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 51
- Cumberlandite: 7.2 mi
- Slater Mill: 9.7 mi
- Rhode Island State House Tours: 10.0 mi
- Waterplace Park: 10.2 mi
- Crazy Corners: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 36
- Steers Beach: 3.6 mi
- Mountaindale Beach: 3.6 mi
- Georgiaville Beach: 3.7 mi
- Georgiaville Pond Beach: 3.7 mi
- Slacks Pond Beach: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites: 22
- Site #36: 6.3 mi
- 1: 13.2 mi
- 2: 13.3 mi
- 3: 13.3 mi
- 4: 13.3 mi
Gardens: 22
- Rain Gardens: 7.4 mi
- Manton Bend Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Garden of Heroes: 10.0 mi
- Brown Street Community Garden: 10.2 mi
- Sessions Street Community Garden: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 18
- Pond Cave: 6.4 mi
- Fatboy Boulder: 6.5 mi
- Lower Heart: 6.6 mi
- Warm Up Cave: 6.7 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Cascade Brook Falls: 3.6 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 11.3 mi
- Cargill Falls: 18.3 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 19.3 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 19.5 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Thirsty Beaver: 3.9 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 5.7 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 5.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.6 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 15.2 mi
Springs: 2
- Roger Williams Spring: 10.2 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Bara-Hack: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Forge Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chopmist Hill | SW 224° | 223 m | 8.5 mi |
| Tourtellotte Hill | WSW 243° | 213 m | 5.7 mi |
| Central Landfill | S 173° | 210 m | 8.5 mi |
| Wolf Hill | W 280° | 204 m | 8.9 mi |
| Absalona Hill | WSW 243° | 198 m | 3.8 mi |
| Keech Hill | WSW 254° | 194 m | 3.2 mi |
| Woonsocket Hill | N 2° | 180 m | 3.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | S 179° | 174 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:34 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1218825 — Forge Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island.
OpenStreetMap element node/357256792
Day trips start here
- Smithfield · 1 mi
- North Smithfield · 3 mi
- Providence County · 4 mi
- Woonsocket · 5 mi
- Blackstone · 6 mi
- Lincoln · 6 mi
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