Garden · Rhode Island
The Blue Garden
The Blue Garden is a garden in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Shrub Hill stands 125 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hazard Beach, a beach 0.7 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 4.0 miles off.
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What to expect
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- The Blue Garden
How to reach it
Coordinates41.46381, -71.33574
- 4.0 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 2.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 11.2 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 12.2 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 20 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Ballard Park: 0.7 mi
- Murphy Field: 1.0 mi
- King Park: 1.2 mi
- Spencer Park: 1.3 mi
- Rovensky Park: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
- USS Bennington Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Fort Adams: 1.0 mi
- EgyptAir Flight 990 Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Portuguese Discovery Monument: 1.4 mi
- Battery Varnum: 1.5 mi
Peaks
- Castle Hill: 1.3 mi
- Fort Wetherill: 1.5 mi
- Freebody Hill: 3.3 mi
- Miantonomi Hill: 3.5 mi
- Beacon Hill: 3.5 mi
Museums
- The Doll Museum: 1.5 mi
- Marble House: 1.6 mi
- Belcourt of Newport: 1.6 mi
- National Museum of American Illustration: 1.6 mi
- Rosecliff Mansion: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Racquet Road Wildlife Refuge: 2.1 mi
- Marsh Meadows Wildlife Preserve: 3.7 mi
- High Hill Point: 8.5 mi
- Wilbour Woods: 8.5 mi
- John C. Whitehead Preserve: 8.6 mi
Beaches: 58
- Hazard Beach: 0.7 mi
- Gooseberry Beach: 0.8 mi
- Castle Hill Beach: 1.2 mi
- Bailey Beach: 1.3 mi
- Collins Beach: 1.3 mi
Attractions: 43
- Breakers Stable & Carriage House: 1.4 mi
- Newport Mansions Preservation Society: 1.7 mi
- Rough Point Mansion: 1.7 mi
- International Tennis Hall of Fame: 1.9 mi
- Save The Bay’s Hamilton Family Aquarium: 2.1 mi
Artworks: 33
- Rochambeau Statue and Monument: 1.2 mi
- Channing Truro Statue: 2.0 mi
- Matthew Perry Monument: 2.0 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 7.8 mi
- Rhody the Ram: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Rams Head: 1.4 mi
- Marys Seat: 2.5 mi
- Lion Head: 2.9 mi
- The Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 13.3 mi
Gardens: 10
- Herb Garden: 6.6 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 8.3 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 8.9 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 10.1 mi
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 10.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Beavertail Light: 3.4 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 3.4 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 24.2 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 24.2 mi
- Block Island Southeast Light: 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- The Falls: 6.6 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 14.5 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 14.8 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Big Beach: 16.3 mi
- Little Beach: 16.6 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 18.2 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.4 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 21.4 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 21.6 mi
Springs: 3
- Plum Point Spring: 6.3 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 14.2 mi
- Factory Pond: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of The Blue Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shrub Hill | NW 307° | 125 m | 14.7 mi |
| Yorker Hill | WNW 292° | 98 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | WNW 285° | 97 m | 11.5 mi |
| Sherman Hill | WNW 287° | 88 m | 9.7 mi |
| Slate Hill | NE 35° | 87 m | 6.4 mi |
| Tefft Hill | W 270° | 78 m | 10.5 mi |
| Congdon Hill | WNW 299° | 75 m | 8.9 mi |
| Exeter Hill | NW 305° | 75 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:35 | 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 | 33 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport Rose, 3 mi away.
- rugosa rose153 obs
- American Herring Gull122 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant101 obs
- Common Eider81 obs
- Great Black-backed Gull58 obs
- Black Sea Bass53 obs
- scarlet pimpernel52 obs
- Bufflehead49 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/903925044
Day trips start here
- Brenton Point State Park · 1 mi
- Newport · 2 mi
- Dutch Island · 4 mi
- Jamestown · 4 mi
- Middletown · 4 mi
- Narragansett · 6 mi
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