Columbus
Columbus is a historic site in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Chopmist Hill stands 223 m to the west, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnston Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.1 miles off.
The story
Columbus is a historic statue in Johnston, Rhode Island. The statue is a bronze cast of a sterling silver statue which was created by Rhode Island's Gorham Manufacturing Company for the 1892 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The original silver statue was not meant for permanent exhibition, but rather as a demonstration of the skills of the Gorham Company, and was later melted down. The bronze cast was dedicated on November 8, 1893, in Columbus Square, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States as a gift from the Elmwood Association to the City of Providence. The bronze statue was created in 1893 by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. It was removed from Columbus Square in 2020 by the City of Providence and reinstalled in the nearby town of Johnston in 2023.
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Dates from 1893.
Wikidata Q5149988, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 6.1 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 6.2 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 13.3 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 5 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 8 mi
- Lookout Point · 16 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Simmonsville Flood Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Rev. John Cunningham Square: 3.6 mi
- Providence College Veritas Flame: 3.8 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Ebenezer Knight Dexter Statue: 4.0 mi
- Johnston Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Governor William Sprague Mansion: 3.6 mi
- Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA): 4.5 mi
- Rhode Island Jewish Museum: 4.7 mi
- Providence Children's Museum: 5.1 mi
- Johnston Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Viscolosi Park: 2.3 mi
- Obediah Brown Fields: 2.4 mi
- Neutaconkanut Hill Park: 2.5 mi
- Cricket Field: 2.8 mi
- Secesakut Hill: 0.6 mi
- Suckatunkanuc Hill: 0.9 mi
- Sutamachute Hill: 1.5 mi
- Round Rocks: 1.5 mi
- Snake Den: 1.7 mi
- Graffiti Mural: 3.1 mi
- Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 3.8 mi
- McGlynn Sculpture Court: 4.1 mi
- Monsignor Cavallaro: 4.3 mi
- Welcome Gateway: 4.4 mi
- Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge: 3.0 mi
- Ken Weber Conservation Area: 4.7 mi
- Wolf Hill Forest Preserve: 5.2 mi
- John L. Curran State Park: 5.8 mi
- George Washington Picnic Grove: 6.0 mi
- Waterplace Park: 4.8 mi
- A World of Adaptations: 5.3 mi
- Victorian Rose Garden: 5.4 mi
- Hasbro's Our Big Backyard: 5.4 mi
- Treehouse For All: 5.4 mi
- Slacks Pond Beach: 3.5 mi
- Twin Rivers Beach East: 3.9 mi
- Mountaindale Beach: 3.9 mi
- Georgiaville Pond Beach: 4.4 mi
- Georgiaville Beach: 4.4 mi
- Manton Bend Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Garden of Heroes: 4.7 mi
- Radeke Garden: 5.1 mi
- Janes Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Brown Street Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Warm Up Cave: 6.2 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 6.2 mi
- Iron Cross Boulder: 6.2 mi
- Tomato Boulder: 6.2 mi
- Lower Heart: 6.2 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 3.7 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 8.4 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 8.4 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 14.4 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 14.6 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 4.8 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 8.9 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 12.0 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 12.3 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 16.1 mi
- Little Beach: 13.1 mi
- Big Beach: 13.5 mi
- 16-34: 15.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 23.9 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 5.0 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 12.6 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Columbus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chopmist Hill | W 277° | 223 m | 8.4 mi |
| Tourtellotte Hill | WNW 301° | 213 m | 8.9 mi |
| Central Landfill | SW 230° | 210 m | 1.9 mi |
| Absalona Hill | NW 313° | 198 m | 8.0 mi |
| Keech Hill | NW 318° | 194 m | 8.4 mi |
| Round Hill | W 267° | 187 m | 9.0 mi |
| Big Hill | WSW 241° | 182 m | 9.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | W 260° | 174 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:34 | 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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Providence, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 01000468OpenStreetMapWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Columbus, reference 01000468, listed 10/19/01.
OpenStreetMap element node/12947824925
Day trips start here
- Johnston · 1 mi
- North Providence · 3 mi
- Providence · 4 mi
- Providence/Federal Hill · 4 mi
- Providence/Smith Hill · 4 mi
- Cranston · 5 mi
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