Jenks Park
Jenks Park is a park in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Dexters Ledge, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.7 miles off.
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 1.9 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 4.9 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 12.2 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 4 mi
- Lookout Point · 9 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 10 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dexters Ledge: 0.0 mi
- Stump Hill: 1.7 mi
- Cobble Hill: 2.3 mi
- Windmill Hill: 2.4 mi
- Baileys Butts: 2.7 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Coutu Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- River Island Park: 0.8 mi
- Wilkinson Park: 0.8 mi
- Slater Mill Site: 0.8 mi
- Liberty Arming the Patriot: 0.8 mi
- Collyer Monument: 0.9 mi
- Home plate of the demolished McCoy Stadium: 1.4 mi
- Honor Roll: 2.8 mi
- Cumberland Veteran's Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Lonsdale Park: 2.0 mi
- Hirsch Property: 2.7 mi
- Tower Road Woods: 3.0 mi
- Lawrence Preserve: 3.1 mi
- LeahSpace: 3.5 mi
- Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit: 2.2 mi
- Hearthside House Museum: 2.5 mi
- Rhode Island Jewish Museum: 3.9 mi
- Captain Wilbur Kelly House Transportation Museum: 4.1 mi
- Lippitt House Museum: 4.1 mi
- The Hummingbird Palace: 2.3 mi
- McGlynn Sculpture Court: 3.7 mi
- Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 3.8 mi
- Indomitable: 4.0 mi
- Roger Williams Statue: 4.1 mi
- Slater Mill: 0.8 mi
- Rhode Island State House Tours: 4.1 mi
- Waterplace Park: 4.4 mi
- Hunt House Root Cellar: 4.7 mi
- Hunts Mill Pump House: 4.7 mi
- Frank Moody State Beach: 2.5 mi
- Twin Rivers Beach East: 3.9 mi
- Georgiaville Beach: 6.1 mi
- Georgiaville Pond Beach: 6.1 mi
- Barbara Road Beach: 6.5 mi
- Rain Gardens: 2.0 mi
- Sessions Street Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Brown Street Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- J. R. Workman Garden: 4.1 mi
- Garden of Heroes: 4.2 mi
- Site #36: 2.8 mi
- 4: 8.5 mi
- 3: 8.6 mi
- 6: 8.6 mi
- 5: 8.6 mi
- Summit Wall: 2.3 mi
- Tomato Boulder: 2.4 mi
- Jade Boulder: 2.4 mi
- Iron Cross Boulder: 2.4 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 2.4 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 4.6 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 4.6 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 7.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 9.4 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 10.1 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 9.2 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 16.1 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 16.5 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 16.7 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 23.4 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 4.1 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 16.9 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Jenks Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Landfill | SW 234° | 210 m | 9.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | WSW 242° | 174 m | 9.7 mi |
| Whortleberry Hill | NW 308° | 169 m | 8.9 mi |
| Beacon Pole Hill | NNW 337° | 162 m | 8.0 mi |
| Rocky Hill | WNW 296° | 155 m | 6.9 mi |
| Catamint Hill | NNW 340° | 152 m | 8.3 mi |
| Wolf Hill | W 270° | 144 m | 7.2 mi |
| Diamond Hill | N 351° | 144 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
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 | 28 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 9 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly117 obs
- common mugwort71 obs
- Canada Goose49 obs
- Asian bittersweet41 obs
- tree-of-heaven39 obs
- white snakeroot38 obs
- White-tailed Deer32 obs
- House Sparrow30 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/552142336
Day trips start here
- Central Falls · 0 mi
- Pawtucket · 1 mi
- Lincoln · 3 mi
- Providence/North and East · 3 mi
- North Providence · 4 mi
- Providence/College Hill · 4 mi
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