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Charlestown Naval Auxillary Landing Field Memorial

Charlestown Naval Auxillary Landing Field Memorial from directly overhead

Charlestown Naval Auxillary Landing Field Memorial is a historic site in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Chapman Hill stands 158 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Hellcat Propeller, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Shannock Road passes 5.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country in the recent wars of the United States.
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.37215, -71.66437

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Burlingame State Park (Picnic Area): 0.9 mi
  • Green Hill Park: 3.2 mi
  • Bradford Boat Launch And Fishing Area: 4.9 mi
  • South Kingstown Town Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Tuckertown Park: 6.7 mi
Peaks
  • Border Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Indian Burying Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Green Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Shumunkanuc Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Rabbit Hill: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves
  • Kimball Refuge: 1.2 mi
  • How Davey Preserve (The Nature Conservancy): 4.4 mi
  • South Shore Management Area: 4.6 mi
  • Galilee Bird Sanctuary: 8.5 mi
  • Pawcatuck River State Wildlife Management Area: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 57
Beaches: 51
Artworks: 27
  • Giant Troll Greta Granit: 0.2 mi
  • Giant Troll Erik Rock: 0.4 mi
  • Grafitti Tunnel: 10.5 mi
  • Rhody the Ram: 10.5 mi
  • Florence Nightingale Statue: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 21
Gardens: 15
Lighthouses: 8
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Pavilion: 0.2 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 0.3 mi
  • Big Beach: 19.1 mi
  • Little Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Skate Hut: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Springs: 4
  • Factory Pond: 3.6 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Old Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Charlestown Naval Auxillary Landing Field Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chapman HillNW158 m13.2 mi
Pendleton HillNW153 m13.0 mi
Stewart HillWNW149 m13.4 mi
Dye HillNNW138 m13.8 mi
Woody HillNNW131 m13.4 mi
Champlin HillNW125 m10.0 mi
Pine HillNNE110 m9.6 mi
Fenner HillNNW107 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1419:4220:24
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1015:3616:21

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8092009180

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