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
- 2.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 4.8 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 9.9 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 10.7 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 19 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Fort Wetherill State Park: 0.2 mi
- Jamestown Town Cemetery: 1.5 mi
- Daughters of the American Revolution Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Conanicut Battery National Historic Park: 1.8 mi
- Fort Getty Park: 2.0 mi
- Racquet Road Wildlife Refuge: 0.6 mi
- Marsh Meadows Wildlife Preserve: 2.4 mi
- High Hill Point: 8.9 mi
- Fogland Marsh Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Donavan Marsh: 9.3 mi
- Jamestown Fire Department Memorial Museum: 1.4 mi
- Jamestown Museum: 1.5 mi
- Sydney L Wright Memorial Museum of Indian Artifacts: 1.6 mi
- Hunter House: 2.2 mi
- The Sailing Museum: 2.3 mi
- Old Salt Work Beach: 0.3 mi
- Collins Beach: 1.2 mi
- Castle Hill Beach: 1.2 mi
- Mackerel Cove Beach: 1.5 mi
- King Park Beach: 2.1 mi
- Rochambeau Statue and Monument: 1.9 mi
- Channing Truro Statue: 2.6 mi
- Matthew Perry Monument: 2.6 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 6.9 mi
- Rhody the Ram: 8.7 mi
- Jamestown Golf Course: 2.0 mi
- Save The Bay’s Hamilton Family Aquarium: 2.3 mi
- Old Colony House: 2.5 mi
- Breakers Stable & Carriage House: 2.6 mi
- International Tennis Hall of Fame: 2.6 mi
- The Blue Garden: 1.5 mi
- Herb Garden: 6.3 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 8.8 mi
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 8.9 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 9.2 mi
- Rams Head: 1.2 mi
- Lion Head: 2.2 mi
- Marys Seat: 3.2 mi
- The Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 12.8 mi
- Beavertail Light: 2.9 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 2.9 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 24.6 mi
- Block Island Southeast Light: 24.6 mi
- Block Island South East Light: 24.6 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 4.8 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 12.8 mi
- Factory Pond: 13.9 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 24.5 mi
- The Falls: 5.1 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 13.2 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 13.5 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 22.8 mi
- Big Beach: 14.8 mi
- Little Beach: 15.1 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 17.5 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 17.6 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Hill | WNW 298° | 138 m | 14.0 mi |
| Shrub Hill | NW 307° | 125 m | 13.2 mi |
| Pine Hill | W 279° | 110 m | 13.8 mi |
| Yorker Hill | WNW 290° | 98 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | W 281° | 97 m | 10.2 mi |
| Sherman Hill | WNW 283° | 88 m | 8.3 mi |
| Slate Hill | NE 48° | 87 m | 6.5 mi |
| Tefft Hill | W 264° | 78 m | 9.3 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 | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/309984002
Day trips start here
- Brenton Point State Park · 2 mi
- Newport · 2 mi
- Dutch Island · 3 mi
- Jamestown · 3 mi
- Middletown · 4 mi
- Narragansett · 5 mi
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