Skip to content
Byway
JoinOpen app
Peak · Rhode Island

Whipple Hill

Whipple Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Whipple Hill rises to 116 m in Rhode Island. Tourtellotte Hill stands 213 m to the west, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Whipple Field, a park 0.6 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 2.6 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Rhode Island, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49088994, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
116 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.88510, -71.49228

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Johnston Historical Society: 1.5 mi
  • Hearthside House Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Captain Wilbur Kelly House Transportation Museum: 4.7 mi
  • Rhode Island Jewish Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA): 5.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Veteran's Memorial at Smithfield: 3.0 mi
  • Bryant Archway: 3.4 mi
  • Rev. John Cunningham Square: 3.9 mi
  • Providence College Veritas Flame: 4.0 mi
  • Columbus: 4.1 mi
Artworks: 60
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 4.0 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 4.2 mi
  • The Independent Man: 5.5 mi
  • Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry: 5.5 mi
  • Monsignor Cavallaro: 5.5 mi
Parks
  • Whipple Field: 0.6 mi
  • Esmond Park: 0.7 mi
  • Georgiaville Pond Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Mendes Field: 0.9 mi
  • Cricket Field: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 42
  • Slater Mill: 5.7 mi
  • Waterplace Park: 5.7 mi
  • Hasbro's Our Big Backyard: 7.7 mi
  • A World of Adaptations: 7.8 mi
  • Treehouse For All: 7.8 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 38
Gardens: 20
  • Rain Gardens: 4.2 mi
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Garden of Heroes: 5.5 mi
  • Brown Street Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Radeke Garden: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Warm Up Cave: 3.1 mi
  • Lower Heart: 3.1 mi
  • Mack's Traverse: 3.1 mi
  • Iron Cross Boulder: 3.1 mi
  • Tomato Boulder: 3.2 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Thirsty Beaver: 2.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 4.5 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 4.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.2 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 13.9 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • 16-34: 12.1 mi
  • Little Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Big Beach: 17.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 20.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Roger Williams Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tourtellotte HillW213 m8.4 mi
Central LandfillSSW210 m5.7 mi
Absalona HillWNW198 m6.8 mi
Keech HillWNW194 m6.7 mi
Woonsocket HillNNW180 m7.1 mi
Pine HillSW174 m5.5 mi
Steere HillW172 m6.2 mi
Cooper HillWNW171 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1219:4320:25
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1115:3416:19

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357256957

More peaks in Rhode Island

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore peaks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Whipple Hill.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens