Mount Moriah
Mount Moriah rises to 77 m in Rhode Island. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Bumpin Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rhode Island, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49053678, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 77 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 8.8 mi off the Shannock Road
- 13.2 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 15.5 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Babcock-Smith House Museum: 2.5 mi
- General Stanton Monument: 6.6 mi
- Borough Hall: 6.8 mi
- Cannon Square: 7.0 mi
- 1814 Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Bumpin Hill: 1.0 mi
- Chase Hill: 2.2 mi
- Cooky Hill: 2.2 mi
- Hinkley Hill: 2.5 mi
- Diamond Hill: 2.9 mi
- Craig's Field: 1.5 mi
- "Bushel" Sposato Park: 1.6 mi
- Crandall Field: 1.9 mi
- Santo Algiere Conservation Park: 2.0 mi
- Wilcox Park: 2.1 mi
- Westerly Armory: 1.8 mi
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 6.5 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 7.1 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 7.4 mi
- Denison Homestead: 7.4 mi
- Burlingame State Park Beach: 6.5 mi
- Ocean House Beach: 7.0 mi
- DuBois Beach: 7.2 mi
- Sam Ferretti Blue Shutters Town Beach: 7.8 mi
- Sam Ferrenti East Beach Town Beach: 7.9 mi
- Stone Turtle: 6.4 mi
- Ninigret Statue: 7.0 mi
- Penguin: 7.3 mi
- Giant Gnome: 7.6 mi
- Mjolnir: 7.6 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 5.4 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 7.1 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 7.1 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 7.3 mi
- Hellcat Propeller: 8.3 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 14.9 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 14.9 mi
- Sprout Garden: 15.2 mi
- Azalea Garden: 15.3 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 7.5 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 7.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 7.5 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 21.9 mi
- Beavertail Light: 21.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 8.3 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 8.5 mi
- Skate Hut: 16.0 mi
- Powder House: 16.1 mi
- Big Beach: 20.8 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 14.4 mi
- Yantic Falls: 16.6 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 20.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 20.8 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 22.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 16.7 mi
- Clay Head: 19.0 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 21.8 mi
- Lion Head: 22.4 mi
- Rams Head: 23.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.2 mi
- Old Spring: 8.8 mi
- Factory Pond: 11.4 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Mount Moriah. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NW 315° | 163 m | 8.8 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NNW 339° | 158 m | 6.3 mi |
| Barns Hill | NW 319° | 155 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | NNW 348° | 153 m | 6.7 mi |
| Bay Mountain | NNW 332° | 152 m | 10.5 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NW 325° | 149 m | 5.9 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NW 306° | 144 m | 8.9 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NW 315° | 139 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:10 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:37 | 16:21 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1217650 — Mount Moriah, Washington County, Rhode Island.
OpenStreetMap element node/357255574
Day trips start here
- Ashaway · 2 mi
- Westerly · 2 mi
- Hopkinton · 4 mi
- North Stonington · 4 mi
- Stonington · 5 mi
- Watch Hill · 7 mi
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