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Battery Varnum

Battery Varnum is a historic site in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Casey Hill stands 138 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Wetherill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.4 miles off.

The story

Fort Wetherill is a former coast artillery fort that occupies the southern portion of the eastern tip of Conanicut Island in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It sits atop high granite cliffs, overlooking the entrance to Narragansett Bay. Fort Dumpling from the American Revolutionary War occupied the site until it was built over by Fort Wetherill. Wetherill was deactivated and turned over to the State of Rhode Island after World War II and is now operated as Fort Wetherill State Park, a 51-acre (210,000 m2) reservation managed by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.

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Dates from 1895.

Wikidata Q5472312, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.47781, -71.35857

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Fort Wetherill: 0.0 mi
  • Castle Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Freebody Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Fox Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Windmill Hill: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Observation Post: 0.1 mi
  • Fort Wetherill: 0.4 mi
  • USS Bennington Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Fort Adams: 1.1 mi
  • Northwest Gun Mount: 1.6 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Beaches: 56
Artworks: 54
Attractions: 43
Gardens: 19
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 4
  • Plum Point Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Factory Pond: 13.9 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Big Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Little Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 17.5 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 17.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 20.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 20.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Battery Varnum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Casey HillWNW 298°138 m14.0 mi
Shrub HillNW 307°125 m13.2 mi
Pine HillW 279°110 m13.8 mi
Yorker HillWNW 290°98 m9.8 mi
Mount PleasantW 281°97 m10.2 mi
Sherman HillWNW 283°88 m8.3 mi
Slate HillNE 48°87 m6.5 mi
Tefft HillW 264°78 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1319:4120:23
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:0915:3516:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339485765717166564638
Precip in4.03.64.64.73.93.23.23.33.84.73.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport Rose, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/309984002

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