Greene Point

Greene Point is a cape in South County, Rhode Island. Greene Point is situated nearby to the neighborhood Plum Point, as well as near Plum Beach.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saunderstown and North Kingstown.

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.

North Kingstown

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

North Kingstown is in Washington County, Rhode Island in the United States of America. It has 30 mi of coastline on Narragansett Bay and covers almost 58 sq mi.

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.

Greene Point

Type: Cape
Also known as: “Greene’s Point” and “Greenes Point”
Category: landform
Location: South County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.53595° or 41° 32′ 9″ north

Longitude

-71.41836° or 71° 25′ 6″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87HCGHPJ+9M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7516188845

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

5222473

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