Peak · Rhode Island
Rocky Hill
Rocky Hill rises to 155 m in Rhode Island. Tourtellotte Hill stands 213 m to the west-southwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Conaty Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States of America
Wikidata Q49069098, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 155 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.93065, -71.50978
- 3.7 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 7.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 10.2 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 18.1 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 9 mi
- Lookout Point · 11 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 14 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Conaty Park: 1.6 mi
- Bryant Pond: 1.6 mi
- Bryant University Pond: 1.6 mi
- Memorial Grove: 1.6 mi
- Mowry Conservation Area: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
- Bryant Archway: 1.6 mi
- Veteran's Memorial at Smithfield: 4.0 mi
- Monk's Quarry: 5.0 mi
- Woonsocket Civil War Monument: 5.2 mi
- Nine Men's Misery Monument: 5.3 mi
Peaks
- Sayles Hill: 1.9 mi
- Forge Hill: 2.4 mi
- Whortleberry Hill: 2.6 mi
- Wolf Hill: 3.1 mi
- Nipsachuck Hill: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
- George Washington Picnic Grove: 2.0 mi
- Aldrich-Marshall Woods: 2.6 mi
- Wolf Hill Forest Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Booth Pond: 3.3 mi
- Blackstone River: 4.3 mi
Museums
- Captain Wilbur Kelly House Transportation Museum: 3.9 mi
- Hearthside House Museum: 4.4 mi
- Johnston Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- Museum of Work and Culture: 4.8 mi
- Dorr Rebellion Museum: 8.1 mi
Artworks
- Statue of Hachikō: 5.0 mi
- Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 7.0 mi
- McGlynn Sculpture Court: 7.2 mi
- The Hummingbird Palace: 8.0 mi
- The Independent Man: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 52
- Cumberlandite: 5.8 mi
- Slater Mill: 7.5 mi
- Rhode Island State House Tours: 8.4 mi
- Waterplace Park: 8.7 mi
- Hasbro's Our Big Backyard: 10.9 mi
Beaches: 39
- Georgiaville Beach: 2.8 mi
- Georgiaville Pond Beach: 2.8 mi
- Mountaindale Beach: 3.7 mi
- Twin Rivers Beach East: 4.7 mi
- Frank Moody State Beach: 4.7 mi
Picnic sites: 22
- Site #36: 4.1 mi
- 1: 11.0 mi
- 2: 11.1 mi
- 3: 11.1 mi
- 4: 11.1 mi
Gardens: 22
- Rain Gardens: 5.1 mi
- Manton Bend Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Garden of Heroes: 8.5 mi
- Brown Street Community Garden: 8.6 mi
- Sessions Street Community Garden: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 18
- Pond Cave: 4.2 mi
- Fatboy Boulder: 4.2 mi
- Lower Heart: 4.4 mi
- Warm Up Cave: 4.5 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 4.5 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 3.4 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 3.4 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 4.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.3 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Cascade Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 12.8 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 19.1 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 19.4 mi
- Cargill Falls: 20.7 mi
Springs: 2
- Roger Williams Spring: 8.6 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Rocky Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tourtellotte Hill | WSW 251° | 213 m | 7.9 mi |
| Absalona Hill | WSW 253° | 198 m | 6.0 mi |
| Keech Hill | W 261° | 194 m | 5.5 mi |
| Woonsocket Hill | NW 325° | 180 m | 4.0 mi |
| Pine Hill | SSW 197° | 174 m | 7.9 mi |
| Steere Hill | WSW 239° | 172 m | 6.2 mi |
| Cooper Hill | W 275° | 171 m | 6.4 mi |
| Whortleberry Hill | NNW 343° | 169 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1218824 — Rocky Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island.
OpenStreetMap element node/357256786
Day trips start here
- Smithfield · 2 mi
- North Smithfield · 3 mi
- Lincoln · 4 mi
- Cumberland · 5 mi
- Woonsocket · 5 mi
- Blackstone · 6 mi
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