Peak · Rhode Island
Kingston Hill
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Kingston Hill rises to 74 m in Rhode Island. Raccoon Hill stands 181 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Rhody the Ram, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Ministerial Road passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Rhode Island, United States of America
Wikidata Q49041794, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 74 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.48177, -71.52506
- 1.3 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 6.1 mi off the Shannock Road
- 6.5 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
- 10.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 20 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Peck and Hutchinson Collaborative Nature Space: 0.4 mi
- Potter Wood: 0.7 mi
- Fagan Park: 2.2 mi
- West Kingston Park: 2.3 mi
- Hazard Memorial Garden: 2.7 mi
Peaks
- Tefft Hill: 1.4 mi
- Rose Hill: 1.5 mi
- Sherman Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 2.2 mi
- Wolf Rocks: 2.3 mi
Museums
- Rhode Island Railroad Museum: 1.9 mi
- International Museum of World War II: 3.3 mi
- South County Museum: 4.5 mi
- Jamestown Museum: 7.9 mi
- Sydney L Wright Memorial Museum of Indian Artifacts: 7.9 mi
Historic sites
- Sari's Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- South Kingstown Veterans Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Carter Jackson Monument: 3.5 mi
- Great Swamp Fight Site: 3.8 mi
- Narragansett Indian Monument: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Marion Eppley Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.2 mi
- Crawley Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Brownell Plot: 6.0 mi
- South Shore Management Area: 7.2 mi
- Galilee Bird Sanctuary: 7.4 mi
Artworks: 59
- Rhody the Ram: 0.2 mi
- Florence Nightingale Statue: 0.6 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 3.8 mi
- Giant Troll Iver Mudslider: 6.4 mi
- Giant Troll Young Boulder: 10.0 mi
Beaches: 51
- Girl Scout Camp beach: 4.8 mi
- Camp Fuller Waterfront: 5.2 mi
- Mackerel Cove Beach: 7.4 mi
- Old Salt Work Beach: 8.5 mi
- Collins Beach: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 41
- Labyrinth: 2.2 mi
- The Towers: 5.0 mi
- Newton Avenue Waterfront: 6.2 mi
- Bass Rock Road Waterfront: 6.3 mi
- Jamestown Golf Course: 8.5 mi
Gardens: 15
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 0.5 mi
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 0.6 mi
- The Blue Garden: 9.9 mi
- Herb Garden: 13.1 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Lion Head: 7.2 mi
- Rams Head: 8.5 mi
- Marys Seat: 11.8 mi
- The Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 15.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Beavertail Light: 6.9 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 6.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 21.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 21.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- The Falls: 4.9 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 12.3 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 12.4 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 15.1 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 19.5 mi
Springs: 5
- Plum Point Spring: 6.5 mi
- Factory Pond: 7.4 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 12.0 mi
- Old Spring: 24.3 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 9.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 9.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.3 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 24.6 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Little Nini Pavillion: 10.6 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 10.6 mi
- Big Beach: 10.7 mi
- Little Beach: 11.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Kingston Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raccoon Hill | NW 322° | 181 m | 12.0 mi |
| Pine Hill | NW 318° | 158 m | 8.1 mi |
| Nooseneck Hill | NNW 327° | 156 m | 10.8 mi |
| Tefft Hill | NW 305° | 148 m | 9.0 mi |
| Breakheart Hill | NW 316° | 148 m | 11.3 mi |
| Casey Hill | NNW 329° | 138 m | 7.3 mi |
| Shrub Hill | NNW 346° | 125 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pine Hill | WNW 289° | 110 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:42 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:35 | 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357258626
Day trips start here
- South Kingstown · 2 mi
- South County · 3 mi
- Wakefield · 3 mi
- Narragansett · 4 mi
- North Kingstown · 6 mi
- Dutch Island · 7 mi
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