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Babcock-Smith House Museum

Babcock-Smith House Museum from directly overhead

Babcock-Smith House Museum is a historic site in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cimalore Field, a park 0.4 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 3.7 miles off.

The Georgian Mansion (circa 1734) is the former home of the Babcocks and Smiths. The mansion is elegantly furnished with pieces reflecting the Colonial Babcock years, the Victorian Smith years, and colonial restoration of 1928. Historians and antique-lov

About

The story

Historic house in Rhode Island, United States.

Wikidata Q4837613, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
13 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.37130, -71.81990
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Cooky Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Hinkley Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Pawcatuck Rock: 1.8 mi
  • Staunton Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Mount Pleasant: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Cimalore Field: 0.4 mi
  • Wilcox Park: 0.7 mi
  • Margin Street Knoll: 0.7 mi
  • Donahue Park: 0.8 mi
  • Kimball Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites: 59
Museums: 50
Beaches: 46
Artworks: 24
  • Ninigret Statue: 4.6 mi
  • Penguin: 6.8 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 7.1 mi
  • Mjolnir: 7.1 mi
  • Stone Turtle: 7.2 mi
Attractions: 18
Gardens: 14
Lighthouses: 8
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Pavilion: 8.0 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 8.1 mi
  • Skate Hut: 15.5 mi
  • Powder House: 15.6 mi
  • Big Beach: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 7.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Old Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Factory Pond: 11.5 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Babcock-Smith House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prentice MountainNW163 m10.6 mi
Chapman HillNNW158 m8.7 mi
Barns HillNNW155 m9.9 mi
Pendleton HillN153 m9.2 mi
Bay MountainNNW152 m12.7 mi
Stewart HillNNW149 m8.0 mi
Ayer HillNW144 m10.5 mi
Cossaduck HillNNW139 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1519:4320:25
September equinox06:3518:1018:46
December solstice07:1115:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495867747266554638
Precip in3.32.74.23.93.33.52.93.53.84.33.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/366691037

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