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Oak Hill

Oak Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Oak Hill rises to 168 m in Rhode Island. Wood Hill stands 277 m to the northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Granite Mill Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States of America

Wikidata Q49057954, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
168 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.95621, -71.69201

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Granite Mill Park: 0.6 mi
  • Union Pond Fishermans Access: 0.7 mi
  • Clear River Open Space: 1.0 mi
  • Burrillville Town Common: 1.0 mi
  • Hauser Field: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Oakland Mill: 2.6 mi
  • Six Toes trail marker: 4.1 mi
  • Bryant Archway: 8.3 mi
  • Crash Site Monument: 8.3 mi
  • Harris Mill Ruins: 8.6 mi
Nature reserves
  • Spring Lake Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Spring Lake Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Spring Lake Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Black Hut State Management Area: 2.8 mi
  • Black Hut State Management Area: 3.1 mi
Artworks
  • Statue of Hachikō: 9.7 mi
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 15.2 mi
  • Statue: 15.4 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 15.5 mi
  • Graffiti Mural: 16.1 mi
Attractions
  • Crazy Corners: 11.3 mi
  • Fat Man's Misery: 11.9 mi
  • Devil's Corncrib: 11.9 mi
  • Cumberlandite: 12.5 mi
  • Rhode Island State House Tours: 16.7 mi
Museums: 50
Beaches: 30
Gardens: 25
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Rain Gardens: 14.6 mi
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Garden of Heroes: 16.7 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 13.5 mi
  • 1: 19.5 mi
  • 2: 19.6 mi
  • 36: 19.6 mi
  • 16-34: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 18.2 mi
  • Payne's Pond Falls: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Thirsty Beaver: 9.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 12.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 12.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.9 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.5 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Oak Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wood HillNW 315°277 m9.0 mi
Jerimoth HillSSW 211°256 m8.6 mi
Durfee HillSSW 211°244 m5.2 mi
Whites HillSW 218°240 m6.9 mi
Pine HillSSW 214°235 m6.3 mi
Mount DanielsNW 311°231 m7.5 mi
Benson MountainWNW 295°226 m5.9 mi
Wadkin HillNNW 330°224 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1219:4420:26
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1215:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1218913 — Oak Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island.

OpenStreetMap element node/357256945

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