Peak · Rhode Island
Slate Hill
Slate Hill rises to 87 m in Rhode Island. Yorker Hill stands 98 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Albro Woods, a park 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Wikidata Q49074457, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 87 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.54010, -71.26560
- 1.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 1.3 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 7.6 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 13.2 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 16 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Albro Woods: 0.3 mi
- Frank Carson Playground: 2.1 mi
- Middletown Valley Park: 2.4 mi
- Middletown Valley Park: 2.6 mi
- Linden Park: 2.7 mi
Museums
- Whitehall Museum House: 1.8 mi
- Newport Car Museum: 2.1 mi
- Founders Hall: 3.9 mi
- Old Colony House: 4.2 mi
- Newport Historical Society and Museum: 4.3 mi
Peaks
- Barker Hill: 2.2 mi
- Bliss Hill: 2.8 mi
- Miantonomi Hill: 3.1 mi
- Beacon Hill: 3.2 mi
- Windmill Hill: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
- High Hill Point: 2.7 mi
- Fogland Marsh Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Donavan Marsh: 3.3 mi
- Seapowet Marsh Management Area: 4.1 mi
- Seapowet Marsh Management Area: 4.2 mi
Historic sites
- Miantonomi Memorial Park Tower: 3.1 mi
- Archibald Gracie Lawence memorial stone: 3.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Anchor Park: 4.0 mi
- Patriots Park: 4.3 mi
Artworks: 56
- Matthew Perry Monument: 4.4 mi
- Channing Truro Statue: 4.4 mi
- Rochambeau Statue and Monument: 5.2 mi
- Statue of Roger Williams: 7.5 mi
- The Sky Improvement Society's Home for Troubled Clouds: 8.9 mi
Beaches: 55
- Sandy Point Beach: 1.7 mi
- Peckham Beach: 2.3 mi
- Surfer's End: 3.5 mi
- Third Beach: 3.6 mi
- Second Beach: 3.7 mi
Attractions: 48
- Newport Polo: 1.4 mi
- Old Colony House: 4.2 mi
- Save The Bay’s Hamilton Family Aquarium: 4.3 mi
- International Tennis Hall of Fame: 4.5 mi
- Newport Cliff Walk – Forty Steps: 4.7 mi
Gardens: 20
- Herb Garden: 1.6 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 4.7 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 5.2 mi
- The Blue Garden: 6.4 mi
- Woodcart Garden: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 7
- The Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Marys Seat: 4.2 mi
- Rams Head: 7.4 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 7.4 mi
- Usher Rocks: 8.4 mi
Springs: 5
- Plum Point Spring: 7.9 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 12.4 mi
- Factory Pond: 20.1 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 21.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 15.6 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 15.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Big Beach: 16.2 mi
- Little Beach: 16.4 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 23.8 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- The Falls: 9.3 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 12.7 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 13.0 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Beavertail Light: 9.3 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 9.4 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Slate Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorker Hill | W 266° | 98 m | 14.1 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | NNE 26° | 95 m | 8.7 mi |
| Sherman Hill | W 259° | 88 m | 13.1 mi |
| Cook Hill | NNE 26° | 85 m | 9.3 mi |
| Drum Rock Hill | NW 313° | 82 m | 13.8 mi |
| Townsend Hill | NNE 24° | 77 m | 10.1 mi |
| Townsend Hill | NNE 25° | 77 m | 10.2 mi |
| Congdon Hill | W 265° | 75 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 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 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport State AP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1218139 — Slate Hill, Newport County, Rhode Island.
OpenStreetMap element node/357255952
Day trips start here
- Middletown · 2 mi
- Newport County · 2 mi
- Newport · 4 mi
- Portsmouth · 4 mi
- Jamestown · 6 mi
- Little Compton · 6 mi
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