Great Ledge
Great Ledge is a bench in Newport County, Rhode Island. Great Ledge is situated nearby to the neighborhood Jamestown Shores, as well as near Narragansett Terrace.Places of Interest
Highlights include Plum Beach Lighthouse and Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge.
Plum Beach Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plum Beach Light, built in 1899, is a sparkplug lighthouse in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The lighthouse was built using pneumatic caisson engineering.
Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Juliancolton, Public domain.
The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge is a concrete box girder highway bridge which spans the West Passage of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. It is part of Rhode Island Route 138 and is on the route to Newport, Rhode Island for traffic heading northbound from Interstate 95.
Friends Meetinghouse
Church
Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Conanicut Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house at the junction of North Road and Weeden Lane in Jamestown, Rhode Island. The structure was built in 1786 to replace the original meeting house destroyed by the British after they occupied Conanicut Island in 1776. Friends Meetinghouse is situated 1½ miles southeast of Great Ledge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saunderstown and Jamestown.
Saunderstown
Village
Photo: Gibbystuart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saunderstown is a small village and historic district spread across the four towns of Narragansett, South Kingstown, Exeter and North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States. Saunderstown is situated 2½ miles southwest of Great Ledge.
Jamestown
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jamestown is village on Conanicut Island, a small parcel of land that connects mainland Rhode Island to Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay. Jamestown is 25 miles south of Providence and offers plenty of shopping, dining and recreation.
Wickford
Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wickford is a small village and seaport in North Kingstown that seems to keep its historical charm despite being a tourist attraction. The tides lap its grounded shores and echo a story of its distinguished past.
Great Ledge
- Type: Bench
- Categories: bench and landform
- Location: Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Great Ledge from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
“Great Ledge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Great Ledge (hinagdang bato)”
- Cebuano: “Great Ledge”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Great Ledge”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Jamestown Shores and Narragansett Terrace.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cedar Cemetery and Old Friends Burial Ground.
Newport County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Newport, Tiverton, Jamestown, and Middletown.
Curious Benches to Discover
Uncover intriguing benches from every corner of the globe.