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Snake Hill

Snake Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Snake Hill rises to 144 m in Rhode Island. Durfee Hill stands 244 m to the west-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Steers Beach, a beach 1.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.8 miles off.

About

The story

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

Wikidata Q49075009, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
144 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.86565, -71.58284

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Byron Winsor Park: 1.3 mi
  • Deerfield Park: 2.0 mi
  • Marion Irons Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Esek Hopkins Park: 2.7 mi
  • Manning Field: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Harris Mill Ruins: 1.5 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial at Smithfield: 2.0 mi
  • Bryant Archway: 4.4 mi
  • Columbus: 4.7 mi
  • Simmonsville Flood Memorial: 6.2 mi
Peaks
Museums
Artworks: 55
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 7.7 mi
  • Graffiti Mural: 7.7 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 7.9 mi
  • Monsignor Cavallaro: 8.6 mi
  • Welcome Gateway: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 52
  • Crazy Corners: 6.3 mi
  • Rhode Island State House Tours: 9.0 mi
  • Waterplace Park: 9.1 mi
  • A World of Adaptations: 10.1 mi
  • Hasbro's Our Big Backyard: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 35
Picnic sites: 21
  • Site #36: 8.0 mi
  • Little Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Big Beach: 16.0 mi
  • 2: 16.6 mi
  • 1: 16.6 mi
Gardens: 20
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Garden of Heroes: 8.9 mi
  • Rain Gardens: 9.1 mi
  • Radeke Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Brown Street Community Garden: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Woodward's Rock: 7.5 mi
  • Warm Up Cave: 8.0 mi
  • Lower Heart: 8.0 mi
  • Mack's Traverse: 8.0 mi
  • Iron Cross Boulder: 8.0 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Thirsty Beaver: 2.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 8.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 18.5 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Springs: 3
  • Roger Williams Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Snake Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Durfee HillWNW 282°244 m8.5 mi
Chopmist HillWSW 249°223 m4.8 mi
Sprague HillWNW 290°217 m8.0 mi
Pray HillW 265°216 m8.0 mi
Tourtellotte HillWNW 298°213 m4.2 mi
Central LandfillSSE 148°210 m4.6 mi
Absalona HillNW 324°198 m3.4 mi
Keech HillNNW 335°194 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1219:4320:26
September equinox06:3418:0918:45
December solstice07:1115:3416:19

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1218662 — Snake Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island.

OpenStreetMap element node/357256620

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