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Ebenezer Knight Dexter Statue

Ebenezer Knight Dexter Statue from directly overhead

Ebenezer Knight Dexter Statue is a historic site in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the west, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Dexter Training Ground, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Built
1894
Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.81567, -71.43171

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dexter Training Ground: 0.1 mi
  • Diamond St. Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Cranston St. Totlot: 0.4 mi
  • Ridge Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • Warren St: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Giovanni da Verrazzano: 0.6 mi
  • Raymond Dettore, Jr.: 0.6 mi
  • Providence Public Safety Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Providence Veterans Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 1.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Monsignor Cavallaro: 0.7 mi
  • Welcome Gateway: 0.7 mi
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi: 0.8 mi
  • Ambrose Burnside Statue: 1.2 mi
  • Turk's Head: 1.3 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Pleasant: 1.2 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 1.5 mi
  • The summit: 1.8 mi
  • Neutaconkanut Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Fort Hill: 2.2 mi
Attractions
  • Waterplace Park: 1.2 mi
  • Rhode Island State House Tours: 1.4 mi
  • Hasbro's Our Big Backyard: 2.0 mi
  • Treehouse For All: 2.1 mi
  • Naturescape: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 49
Gardens: 27
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 6.3 mi
  • Little Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Big Beach: 14.0 mi
  • 4: 14.0 mi
  • 3: 14.0 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Warm Up Cave: 5.7 mi
  • Mack's Traverse: 5.7 mi
  • Iron Cross Boulder: 5.7 mi
  • Tomato Boulder: 5.7 mi
  • Summit Wall: 5.7 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Thirsty Beaver: 6.8 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 8.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 8.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 10.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Springs: 3
  • Roger Williams Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 19.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Ebenezer Knight Dexter Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Central LandfillW 265°210 m5.4 mi
Pine HillW 273°174 m6.3 mi
Peck HillW 262°167 m6.7 mi
Bald HillWSW 245°161 m7.1 mi
Rocky HillNNW 333°155 m8.9 mi
Horn HillWSW 252°154 m6.7 mi
Rocky HillWNW 285°147 m9.8 mi
Wolf HillNW 315°144 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1219:4320:25
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1115:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239495968747366544536
Precip in4.03.44.94.33.43.82.93.64.24.24.34.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Providence, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357264681

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