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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

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Coordinates41.88510, -71.49228

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

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
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
Nature reserves
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
  • 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
Attractions: 52
  • Rhode Island State House Tours: 5.5 mi
  • 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
Beaches: 38
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 3.2 mi
  • 4: 12.0 mi
  • 2: 12.0 mi
  • 3: 12.0 mi
  • 5: 12.1 mi
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: 9
  • 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
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 8.4 miles of Whipple Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tourtellotte HillW 274°213 m8.4 mi
Central LandfillSSW 203°210 m5.7 mi
Absalona HillWNW 282°198 m6.8 mi
Keech HillWNW 290°194 m6.7 mi
Woonsocket HillNNW 334°180 m7.1 mi
Pine HillSW 216°174 m5.5 mi
Steere HillW 269°172 m6.2 mi
Cooper HillWNW 297°171 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

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