Peak · Rhode Island
Great Neck
Great Neck rises to 39 m in Rhode Island. Nooseneck Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Swamp Fight Site, a historic site 0.9 miles away. Ministerial Road passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rhode Island, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49033370, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 39 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.45566, -71.58978
- 1.8 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 2.4 mi off the Shannock Road
- 8.6 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
- 12.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 23 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Rhode Island Railroad Museum: 2.5 mi
- International Museum of World War II: 4.8 mi
- South County Museum: 6.8 mi
- Frosty Drew Memorial Nature Center: 7.2 mi
- Tomaquag Indian Museum: 9.0 mi
Parks
- West Kingston Park: 2.5 mi
- Tuckertown Park: 2.6 mi
- Abbey Perry Park: 3.0 mi
- Potter Wood: 3.4 mi
- Peck and Hutchinson Collaborative Nature Space: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
- Great Swamp Fight Site: 0.9 mi
- South Kingstown Veterans Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Sari's Sanctuary: 4.8 mi
- Camp Fuller Bell: 5.2 mi
- Carter Jackson Monument: 6.0 mi
Peaks
- Tobey Neck: 1.9 mi
- Shannock Hill: 2.5 mi
- Tefft Hill: 2.7 mi
- Little Sugarloaf Hill: 3.3 mi
- Broad Hill: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Crawley Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Marion Eppley Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.6 mi
- South Shore Management Area: 4.9 mi
- Richmond Heritage Trail: 5.5 mi
- Galilee Bird Sanctuary: 7.2 mi
Beaches: 55
- Camp Fuller Waterfront: 5.3 mi
- Ninigret Beach: 6.1 mi
- Burlingame State Park Beach: 7.6 mi
- Girl Scout Camp beach: 8.6 mi
- East Beach: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 36
- Labyrinth: 4.3 mi
- Hellcat Propeller: 6.9 mi
- The Towers: 7.2 mi
- Bass Rock Road Waterfront: 7.6 mi
- Newton Avenue Waterfront: 7.7 mi
Artworks: 32
- Rhody the Ram: 3.8 mi
- Florence Nightingale Statue: 3.9 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 5.7 mi
- Giant Troll Greta Granit: 6.9 mi
- Giant Troll Erik Rock: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Lion Head: 10.3 mi
- Rams Head: 11.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 14.8 mi
- Marys Seat: 15.3 mi
- Clay Head: 16.6 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- Beavertail Light: 9.9 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 9.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 17.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 17.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 17.4 mi
Gardens: 7
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 3.9 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 4.0 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 12.8 mi
- The Blue Garden: 13.2 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Stepstone Falls: 14.0 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 15.2 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 15.3 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 19.2 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 23.6 mi
Springs: 4
- Factory Pond: 4.5 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 10.3 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 15.0 mi
- Old Spring: 20.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Picnic Pavilion: 7.1 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 7.1 mi
- Big Beach: 12.5 mi
- Little Beach: 12.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Great Neck. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nooseneck Hill | NNW 347° | 156 m | 11.1 mi |
| Breakheart Hill | NNW 335° | 148 m | 10.9 mi |
| Casey Hill | N 357° | 138 m | 8.1 mi |
| Dye Hill | NW 306° | 138 m | 11.7 mi |
| Woody Hill | NW 310° | 131 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Tom | NW 318° | 131 m | 11.6 mi |
| Shrub Hill | N 9° | 125 m | 9.6 mi |
| Champlin Hill | WNW 283° | 125 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:42 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:36 | 16:20 |
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 | 30 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 52 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingston 1 W, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1217822 — Great Neck, Washington County, Rhode Island.
OpenStreetMap element node/357255704
Day trips start here
- South County · 0 mi
- South Kingstown · 3 mi
- Richmond · 5 mi
- Wakefield · 5 mi
- Charlestown · 6 mi
- East Matunuck · 6 mi
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