Payne's Pond Falls
Payne's Pond Falls is a waterfall in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Weaver Hill stands 184 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Bleachery Pond State Land, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 8.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 6.2 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
- 9.7 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 10.7 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 8 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 12 mi
- Lookout Point · 25 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Armory of the Kentish Guards: 0.8 mi
- Varnum House Museum: 0.8 mi
- Tillinghast Mill Ruins: 2.8 mi
- Station Fire Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Tarbox Cemetery: 4.5 mi
- Heritage Art Gallery and Glass Studio: 0.9 mi
- Giant Troll Iver Mudslider: 6.1 mi
- Sri Chinmoy: 8.6 mi
- Ferdinand II: 9.1 mi
- Pineapple: 9.2 mi
- Varnum Memorial Armory: 0.9 mi
- Warwick Center for the Arts: 3.0 mi
- Warwick Museum of Art: 3.0 mi
- New England Wireless and Steam Museum: 3.3 mi
- Seabee Museum: 3.5 mi
- Drum Rock Hill: 1.3 mi
- Spencer Hill: 2.2 mi
- The Mount: 2.3 mi
- Andrews Hill: 3.0 mi
- Bald Hill: 3.7 mi
- Chepiwanoxet Park: 1.6 mi
- Fry Brook Recreation Park: 1.9 mi
- McGinn Park: 2.5 mi
- Masonic - Shriners Family Center: 2.8 mi
- Frenchtown Park: 3.0 mi
- Buttonwoods Beach: 3.0 mi
- Calf Pasture Point Beach: 3.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 4.5 mi
- Compass Rose Beach: 5.4 mi
- Longmeadow Beach: 6.0 mi
- Bleachery Pond State Land: 0.2 mi
- Bleachery Woods: 0.4 mi
- Potowomut Conservation Easement: 1.2 mi
- DelVecchio Farm: 2.7 mi
- Hunt River Glen: 3.3 mi
- Temple to Music: 9.0 mi
- Roger Williams Park Carousel: 9.2 mi
- Japanese Garden: 9.2 mi
- Roger Williams Botanical Center: 9.2 mi
- Victorian Rose Garden: 9.3 mi
- Roger Williams Park Garden: 9.4 mi
- Janes Community Garden: 10.9 mi
- Manton Bend Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 12.0 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 12.0 mi
- Usher Rocks: 8.9 mi
- Tree Point Rocks: 10.0 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 10.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 13.9 mi
- Lion Head: 14.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.6 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 13.9 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 13.9 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 15.7 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 0.3 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 14.3 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 15.6 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 15.9 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 16.3 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 0.7 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 8.9 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 12.4 mi
- Factory Pond: 19.6 mi
- Little Beach: 4.8 mi
- Big Beach: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 22.3 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 22.4 mi
- Beavertail Light: 14.7 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 14.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Payne's Pond Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weaver Hill | W 271° | 184 m | 10.4 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | WSW 256° | 181 m | 10.9 mi |
| Tunk Hill | NW 310° | 174 m | 10.7 mi |
| Pine Hill | SW 235° | 158 m | 10.5 mi |
| Nooseneck Hill | WSW 251° | 156 m | 9.6 mi |
| Horn Hill | NNW 332° | 154 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Misery | NW 305° | 154 m | 10.9 mi |
| Harkney Hill | W 279° | 150 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:42 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:34 | 16:19 |
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 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coventry 2, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 63.4 | 68.6 | 89.1 | 84.4 | 61.3 | 39.2 | 20.0 | 15.7 | 15.1 | 21.3 | 36.9 | 56.2 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Hunt River Near East Greenwich, RI, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1544739607
Day trips start here
- East Greenwich · 1 mi
- Goddard Memorial State Park · 1 mi
- West Warwick · 4 mi
- Quonset Point · 5 mi
- Warwick · 5 mi
- Kent County · 6 mi
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