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Mount Hygeia

Mount Hygeia, a peak in Rhode Island
Mount Hygeia, a peak in Rhode IslandJohn Phelan · CC BY 4.0

Mount Hygeia rises to 224 m in Rhode Island. Jerimoth Hill stands 256 m to the west-southwest, 1.0 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in Rhode Island, United States of America

Wikidata Q49053151, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
224 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.85204, -71.76063

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • East Killingly Soccer Field: 3.5 mi
  • Thoman Land and Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
  • Pascoag Reservoir Fishing Access: 5.6 mi
  • Glocester Memorial Park: 6.2 mi
  • Owen Bell Park: 6.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 45
Artworks: 43
  • Graffiti Mural: 15.5 mi
  • Statue of Hachikō: 16.5 mi
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 16.7 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 17.0 mi
  • Monsignor Cavallaro: 17.4 mi
Attractions: 35
Beaches: 23
Gardens: 19
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Garden of Heroes: 17.8 mi
  • Rain Gardens: 18.1 mi
  • Radeke Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Janes Community Garden: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Ponogansett Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 10.6 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Woodward's Rock: 4.6 mi
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 14.6 mi
  • Lower Heart: 17.1 mi
  • Warm Up Cave: 17.1 mi
  • Mack's Traverse: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Thirsty Beaver: 11.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 17.3 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 17.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Site #36: 17.0 mi
  • Little Beach: 18.1 mi
  • Big Beach: 18.4 mi
  • Picnic: 20.2 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Mount Hygeia. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jerimoth HillWSW 258°256 m1.0 mi
Durfee HillNNE 18°244 m2.9 mi
Whites HillNNW 337°240 m1.9 mi
Pine HillN 2°235 m2.0 mi
Chestnut HillWNW 290°223 m3.3 mi
Chopmist HillE 99°223 m4.7 mi
Badger MountainN 356°221 m9.0 mi
Sprague HillNNE 24°217 m4.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2318:59
June solstice05:1319:4420:26
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1215:3516:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357256415

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