Burchard Triangle
Burchard Triangle is a garden in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is CAMARA - "The Ponderosa", a park 0.3 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 2.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Sogkonate Garden Club
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 5.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 10.7 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 17.8 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 20 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- CAMARA - "The Ponderosa": 0.3 mi
- Weetamoo Woods: 4.2 mi
- Paradise Valley Park: 4.3 mi
- Purgatory Chasm: 4.5 mi
- Albro Woods: 4.5 mi
- John C. Whitehead Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Wilbour Woods: 1.4 mi
- Donavan Marsh: 2.8 mi
- Fogland Marsh Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Eight Rod Farm: 3.1 mi
- Simmons Hill: 1.2 mi
- Windmill Hill: 2.6 mi
- Barker Hill: 2.9 mi
- Nootas Hill: 3.6 mi
- Nootas Hill: 3.9 mi
- Peckham Beach: 2.5 mi
- South Shore Beach: 3.3 mi
- Third Beach: 3.4 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 3.9 mi
- Second Beach: 3.9 mi
- Whitehall Museum House: 4.4 mi
- The Breakers: 6.3 mi
- Newport Art Museum: 6.5 mi
- Newport Car Museum: 6.5 mi
- Chepstow: 6.5 mi
- Rhode Island Red Monument: 4.4 mi
- Archibald Gracie Lawence memorial stone: 4.5 mi
- Miantonomi Memorial Park Tower: 6.4 mi
- Oliver Perry Monument: 6.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Newport Polo: 4.7 mi
- Newport Cliff Walk – Forty Steps: 6.1 mi
- International Tennis Hall of Fame: 6.5 mi
- Newport Mansions Preservation Society: 6.7 mi
- Old Colony House: 6.7 mi
- Matthew Perry Monument: 6.5 mi
- Channing Truro Statue: 6.6 mi
- Rochambeau Statue and Monument: 7.3 mi
- Statue of Roger Williams: 10.6 mi
- The Sky Improvement Society's Home for Troubled Clouds: 12.1 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 0.6 mi
- Herb Garden: 6.3 mi
- The Blue Garden: 8.3 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 12.1 mi
- Woodcart Garden: 12.2 mi
- The Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Marys Seat: 5.9 mi
- Rams Head: 9.7 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Lion Head: 11.2 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 12.2 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 17.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 22.0 mi
- Factory Pond: 22.9 mi
- Beavertail Light: 11.7 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 11.7 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 15.9 mi
- The Falls: 13.3 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 17.4 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 17.7 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 18.0 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 18.3 mi
- Big Beach: 21.0 mi
- Little Beach: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Burchard Triangle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | NNE 24° | 109 m | 16.2 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | N 358° | 95 m | 10.1 mi |
| Sherman Hill | W 270° | 88 m | 17.0 mi |
| Slate Hill | WNW 299° | 87 m | 4.7 mi |
| Cook Hill | N 360° | 85 m | 10.7 mi |
| Townsend Hill | N 0° | 77 m | 11.6 mi |
| Townsend Hill | N 1° | 77 m | 11.6 mi |
| Congdon Hill | W 275° | 75 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 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 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport State AP, 5 mi away.
- multiflora rose33 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage19 obs
- Sweet Pepperbush16 obs
- cinnamon fern12 obs
- Common Garter Snake10 obs
- cardinal flower10 obs
- marsh marigold10 obs
- American holly10 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1423422065
Day trips start here
- Little Compton · 1 mi
- Middletown · 5 mi
- Newport County · 6 mi
- Newport · 7 mi
- Portsmouth · 7 mi
- Tiverton · 8 mi
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