Peak · Rhode Island
Wolf Rocks
Wolf Rocks rises to 74 m in Rhode Island. Raccoon Hill stands 181 m to the northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Pleasant, a peak 0.8 miles away. Ministerial Road passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rhode Island, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49090793, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 74 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.51343, -71.53895
- 2.2 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 4.4 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
- 6.7 mi off the Shannock Road
- 11.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 18 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Florence Nightingale Statue: 1.7 mi
- Rhody the Ram: 2.2 mi
- Giant Troll Iver Mudslider: 4.7 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 6.0 mi
- Giant Troll Young Boulder: 8.3 mi
Museums
- Rhode Island Railroad Museum: 2.3 mi
- International Museum of World War II: 5.6 mi
- South County Museum: 6.6 mi
- New England Wireless and Steam Museum: 7.8 mi
- Seabee Museum: 8.0 mi
Peaks
- Mount Pleasant: 0.8 mi
- Yorker Hill: 0.8 mi
- Sherman Hill: 1.4 mi
- Dumping Rock: 1.7 mi
- Kingston Hill: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
- Great Swamp Fight Site: 4.3 mi
- Sari's Sanctuary: 5.5 mi
- South Kingstown Veterans Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Carter Jackson Monument: 5.6 mi
- Old Jamestown Bridge west pylon: 6.5 mi
Parks
- Peck and Hutchinson Collaborative Nature Space: 1.9 mi
- Abbey Perry Park: 2.3 mi
- West Kingston Park: 2.3 mi
- Potter Wood: 2.9 mi
- Fagan Park: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Marion Eppley Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Crawley Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Brownell Plot: 3.7 mi
- Cuttyhunk Brook Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge: 5.5 mi
Beaches: 50
- Girl Scout Camp beach: 4.9 mi
- Camp Fuller Waterfront: 7.5 mi
- Compass Rose Beach: 8.1 mi
- Mackerel Cove Beach: 8.3 mi
- Sunset Beach: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 43
- Labyrinth: 4.4 mi
- The Towers: 7.2 mi
- Newton Avenue Waterfront: 8.4 mi
- Bass Rock Road Waterfront: 8.6 mi
- Jamestown Golf Course: 9.0 mi
Gardens: 16
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 1.7 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 1.8 mi
- The Blue Garden: 11.1 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 17.0 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 18.3 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Lion Head: 8.7 mi
- Rams Head: 9.8 mi
- Marys Seat: 12.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 13.4 mi
- The Bluff: 14.1 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- Beavertail Light: 8.5 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 8.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 22.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 22.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 22.0 mi
Springs: 5
- Plum Point Spring: 6.3 mi
- Factory Pond: 9.0 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 10.2 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 22.9 mi
- Old Spring: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- East Greenwich Falls: 10.4 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 10.6 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 13.3 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 17.4 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 7.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 7.4 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 23.3 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Big Beach: 8.4 mi
- Little Beach: 8.8 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 11.9 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 11.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Wolf Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raccoon Hill | NW 317° | 181 m | 9.9 mi |
| Nooseneck Hill | NW 323° | 156 m | 8.6 mi |
| Breakheart Hill | NW 310° | 148 m | 9.3 mi |
| Casey Hill | NW 323° | 138 m | 5.1 mi |
| Woody Hill | WNW 285° | 131 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mount Tom | WNW 294° | 131 m | 11.4 mi |
| Shrub Hill | NNW 348° | 125 m | 5.6 mi |
| Hungry Hill | NNW 339° | 125 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 | 15:35 | 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 | 29 | 30 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingston 1 NW, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357255779
Day trips start here
- Exeter · 5 mi
- North Kingstown · 5 mi
- South County · 5 mi
- South Kingstown · 5 mi
- Wakefield · 5 mi
- Narragansett · 6 mi
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