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Snake Hill

Snake Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Snake Hill rises to 160 m in Rhode Island. Durfee Hill stands 244 m to the southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Oakland Mill, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 10 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Rhode Island, United States of America

Wikidata Q49075011, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
160 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.95510, -71.63895

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Oakland Mill: 0.4 mi
  • Bryant Archway: 5.7 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial at Smithfield: 6.8 mi
  • Six Toes trail marker: 6.8 mi
  • Woonsocket Civil War Monument: 7.4 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Burrillville Town Common: 2.1 mi
  • Firefighter's Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Harrisville Fishing Area: 2.3 mi
  • Slatersville Pond Fishing Access: 3.0 mi
  • Granite Mill Park: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Spring Lake Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Spring Lake Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Spring Lake Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Black Hut State Management Area: 2.5 mi
  • Black Hut State Management Area: 2.6 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Statue of Hachikō: 7.3 mi
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 12.9 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 13.2 mi
  • Statue: 14.1 mi
  • Monsignor Cavallaro: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 60
  • Cumberlandite: 10.0 mi
  • Crazy Corners: 11.1 mi
  • Fat Man's Misery: 12.6 mi
  • Devil's Corncrib: 12.6 mi
  • Slater Mill: 14.2 mi
Beaches: 31
Gardens: 24
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Rain Gardens: 11.9 mi
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 13.6 mi
  • Garden of Heroes: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 10.9 mi
  • 1: 16.9 mi
  • 2: 16.9 mi
  • 36: 16.9 mi
  • 3: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 17
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 18.9 mi
  • Payne's Pond Falls: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Thirsty Beaver: 7.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 10.0 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 10.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.2 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 18.8 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Durfee HillSW 231°244 m6.9 mi
Whites HillSW 232°240 m8.8 mi
Pine HillSW 230°235 m8.1 mi
Mount DanielsWNW 301°231 m9.8 mi
Benson MountainWNW 288°226 m8.5 mi
Wadkin HillNW 314°224 m8.7 mi
Mount HygeiaSW 221°224 m9.5 mi
Chopmist HillSSW 192°223 m8.0 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 °F283138495968747265534334
Precip in4.43.74.94.73.64.33.64.04.25.14.25.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357256954

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