Peak · Rhode Island
Tefft Hill
Tefft Hill rises to 78 m in Rhode Island. Nooseneck Hill stands 156 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Potter Wood, a park 0.8 miles away. Ministerial Road passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49081753, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 78 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.46399, -71.53812
- 0.8 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 5.1 mi off the Shannock Road
- 7.7 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
- 11.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 21 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Potter Wood: 0.8 mi
- Peck and Hutchinson Collaborative Nature Space: 1.6 mi
- Fagan Park: 1.8 mi
- West Kingston Park: 2.3 mi
- Peace Dale Village Green: 2.4 mi
Peaks
- Tobey Neck: 1.2 mi
- Kingston Hill: 1.4 mi
- Little Sugarloaf Hill: 2.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 2.5 mi
- Great Neck: 2.7 mi
Museums
- Rhode Island Railroad Museum: 1.8 mi
- International Museum of World War II: 2.7 mi
- South County Museum: 4.4 mi
- Jamestown Museum: 8.8 mi
- Sydney L Wright Memorial Museum of Indian Artifacts: 8.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Marion Eppley Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.7 mi
- Crawley Preserve: 4.9 mi
- South Shore Management Area: 5.8 mi
- Galilee Bird Sanctuary: 6.4 mi
- Brownell Plot: 7.2 mi
Historic sites: 58
- South Kingstown Veterans Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Sari's Sanctuary: 2.6 mi
- Great Swamp Fight Site: 3.0 mi
- Carter Jackson Monument: 3.5 mi
- Camp Fuller Bell: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 51
- Camp Fuller Waterfront: 4.2 mi
- Girl Scout Camp beach: 6.0 mi
- Ninigret Beach: 8.2 mi
- Mackerel Cove Beach: 8.2 mi
- Collins Beach: 9.2 mi
Artworks: 38
- Rhody the Ram: 1.5 mi
- Florence Nightingale Statue: 1.8 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 3.4 mi
- Giant Troll Iver Mudslider: 7.7 mi
- Giant Troll Greta Granit: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 33
- Labyrinth: 1.8 mi
- The Towers: 4.9 mi
- Newton Avenue Waterfront: 5.7 mi
- Bass Rock Road Waterfront: 5.8 mi
- Hellcat Propeller: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Lion Head: 7.7 mi
- Rams Head: 9.1 mi
- Marys Seat: 12.6 mi
- The Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 15.9 mi
Gardens: 8
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 1.8 mi
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 1.8 mi
- The Blue Garden: 10.5 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 15.4 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 18.5 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- Beavertail Light: 7.3 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 7.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 20.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 20.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- East Greenwich Falls: 13.6 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 13.8 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 15.4 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 20.1 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 23.7 mi
Springs: 4
- Factory Pond: 6.0 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 7.7 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 13.4 mi
- Old Spring: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Little Nini Pavillion: 9.3 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 9.3 mi
- Big Beach: 11.9 mi
- Little Beach: 12.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 9.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 9.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Tefft Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nooseneck Hill | NNW 333° | 156 m | 11.5 mi |
| Tefft Hill | NW 313° | 148 m | 9.2 mi |
| Breakheart Hill | NW 322° | 148 m | 11.8 mi |
| Casey Hill | NNW 337° | 138 m | 8.1 mi |
| Shrub Hill | N 352° | 125 m | 9.0 mi |
| Pine Hill | NW 304° | 110 m | 5.3 mi |
| Fenner Hill | WNW 286° | 107 m | 10.7 mi |
| Coon Hill | W 270° | 100 m | 10.6 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 | 15:36 | 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357255697
Day trips start here
- South Kingstown · 1 mi
- South County · 2 mi
- Wakefield · 3 mi
- Narragansett · 5 mi
- East Matunuck · 6 mi
- Matunuck · 6 mi
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