Great Rock
Great Rock rises to 71 m in Massachusetts. Diamond Hill stands 144 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Carpenter Woods, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America
Wikidata Q49033380, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 71 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 5.7 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 7.5 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 8.8 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 6 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 9 mi
- Lookout Point · 10 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Carpenter Woods: 0.7 mi
- Town Forest: 0.8 mi
- Town Forest: 1.2 mi
- Carpenter Bird Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
- Read Woods: 1.4 mi
- Rocky Hill: 0.9 mi
- Jacobs Hill: 2.0 mi
- Fowlers Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mount Terrydiddle: 3.2 mi
- Annawan Rock: 3.8 mi
- Rehoboth Veterans Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Slater Park: 3.1 mi
- Bridgham Farm Conservation Area: 3.3 mi
- Poncin Hewitt Fields: 3.4 mi
- George Patrick Duffy Athletic Complex: 3.5 mi
- Carpenter Museum: 2.2 mi
- Hunt House Museum: 3.7 mi
- Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit: 4.2 mi
- Attleboro Area Industrial Museum: 5.9 mi
- Attleboro Arts Museum: 5.9 mi
- Plante-Quintairo Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Home plate of the demolished McCoy Stadium: 4.4 mi
- World War I Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Liberty Arming the Patriot: 5.3 mi
- World Trade Center Spandrel: 5.5 mi
- Hunt House Root Cellar: 3.7 mi
- Hunts Mill Pump House: 3.7 mi
- Path Continues: 5.0 mi
- Deborah's Garden: 5.1 mi
- Slater Mill: 5.1 mi
- The Hummingbird Palace: 5.4 mi
- "Arts for Everyone" Mural: 5.9 mi
- "HA HA HA" Sculpture: 6.0 mi
- Lloyd G. Balfour Riverwalk Scupture: 6.0 mi
- "Inspire Thru Art" Mural: 6.0 mi
- Edgewood Beach: 7.7 mi
- Barbara Road Beach: 7.9 mi
- Frank Moody State Beach: 8.0 mi
- Twin Rivers Beach East: 9.1 mi
- Warren Town Beach: 9.4 mi
- Attleboro Rose Garden: 5.4 mi
- Nature's Play Area: 5.5 mi
- Sessions Street Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Katie's Garden: 5.5 mi
- Big A Hedge: 6.0 mi
- Site #36: 8.4 mi
- 4: 9.7 mi
- 6: 9.8 mi
- 3: 9.8 mi
- 7: 9.8 mi
- Summit Wall: 8.0 mi
- Tomato Boulder: 8.0 mi
- Jade Boulder: 8.0 mi
- Iron Cross Boulder: 8.0 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 8.0 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 6.7 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 7.0 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 9.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 9.9 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 9.9 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 14.5 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 16.7 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 16.8 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 20.4 mi
- The Falls: 24.9 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 6.6 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 17.0 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Great Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Hill | NNW 326° | 144 m | 11.7 mi |
| Copper Mine Hill | NW 317° | 137 m | 11.9 mi |
| Tracy Hill | W 271° | 131 m | 12.1 mi |
| Jenckes Hill | WNW 289° | 129 m | 9.4 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 315° | 126 m | 9.4 mi |
| Snake Den | W 267° | 120 m | 12.3 mi |
| Sunrise Hill | N 352° | 118.87 m | 9.9 mi |
| Whipple Hill | W 280° | 116 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:42 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 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 | 27 | 30 | 36 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NWS Boston/norton, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358275333
Day trips start here
- Seekonk · 4 mi
- East Providence · 5 mi
- Pawtucket · 5 mi
- Attleboro · 6 mi
- Central Falls · 6 mi
- Providence/College Hill · 6 mi
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