Hunter House
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Hunter House is a museum in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Yorker Hill stands 98 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Storer Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Hunter House (1748) is a historic house in Newport, Rhode Island. It is located at 54 Washington Street in the Easton's Point neighborhood, near the northern end of the Newport Historic District.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1748.
Wikidata Q15226908, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Preservation Society of Newport County
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 2.8 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 11.3 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 11.7 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 18 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Storer Park: 0.1 mi
- Mary Ferrazzoli Park: 0.2 mi
- Battery Park: 0.3 mi
- Perrotti Park: 0.3 mi
- Eisenhower Park: 0.4 mi
- Museum of Newport History: 0.3 mi
- Old Colony House: 0.4 mi
- Artillery Company of Newport Military Museum: 0.4 mi
- Newport Museum of Costume: 0.5 mi
- Newport Historical Society and Museum: 0.5 mi
- Oliver Perry Monument: 0.4 mi
- Anchor Park: 1.1 mi
- Northwest Gun Mount: 1.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Fort Adams: 1.3 mi
- Miantonomi Hill: 1.3 mi
- Beacon Hill: 1.4 mi
- Bliss Hill: 1.5 mi
- Fort Wetherill: 2.2 mi
- Freebody Hill: 2.3 mi
- Racquet Road Wildlife Refuge: 2.3 mi
- Marsh Meadows Wildlife Preserve: 2.9 mi
- High Hill Point: 6.7 mi
- Fogland Marsh Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Donavan Marsh: 7.1 mi
- King Park Beach: 1.0 mi
- Easton's Beach: 1.6 mi
- Atlantic Beach: 1.9 mi
- Belmont Beach: 2.0 mi
- Old Salt Work Beach: 2.2 mi
- Channing Truro Statue: 0.7 mi
- Matthew Perry Monument: 0.8 mi
- Rochambeau Statue and Monument: 1.1 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 9.1 mi
- Giant Troll Iver Mudslider: 10.2 mi
- Save The Bay’s Hamilton Family Aquarium: 0.2 mi
- Old Colony House: 0.4 mi
- International Tennis Hall of Fame: 0.9 mi
- Newport Mansions Preservation Society: 1.4 mi
- Newport Cliff Walk – Forty Steps: 1.7 mi
- The Blue Garden: 2.1 mi
- Herb Garden: 4.5 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 7.1 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 7.7 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 10.7 mi
- Marys Seat: 1.4 mi
- The Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Rams Head: 3.1 mi
- Lion Head: 4.4 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 11.2 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 5.7 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 12.8 mi
- Factory Pond: 16.0 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 23.8 mi
- The Falls: 6.5 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 13.2 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 13.5 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 24.2 mi
- Big Beach: 15.5 mi
- Little Beach: 15.8 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 19.7 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 19.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.6 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 19.3 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 19.5 mi
- Beavertail Light: 5.0 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 5.0 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Hunter House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorker Hill | WNW 282° | 98 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | W 275° | 97 m | 12.0 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | NNE 31° | 95 m | 12.9 mi |
| Sherman Hill | W 275° | 88 m | 10.0 mi |
| Slate Hill | NE 41° | 87 m | 4.4 mi |
| Tefft Hill | W 260° | 78 m | 11.4 mi |
| Congdon Hill | WNW 285° | 75 m | 8.9 mi |
| Exeter Hill | WNW 295° | 75 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:35 | 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 | 33 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport Rose, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1334903238
Day trips start here
- Newport · 1 mi
- Middletown · 2 mi
- Brenton Point State Park · 3 mi
- Jamestown · 3 mi
- Dutch Island · 4 mi
- Newport County · 6 mi
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