Great Swamp Fight Site
Great Swamp Fight Site is a historic site in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 30 m. Raccoon Hill stands 181 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Neck, a peak 0.9 miles away. Ministerial Road passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
Park in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49495637, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 30 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 2.5 mi off the Shannock Road
- 7.7 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
- 12.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 22 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Great Neck: 0.9 mi
- Shannock Hill: 2.2 mi
- Tobey Neck: 2.5 mi
- Wilbur Hill: 2.9 mi
- Tefft Hill: 3.0 mi
- West Kingston Park: 1.9 mi
- Abbey Perry Park: 2.2 mi
- Potter Wood: 3.5 mi
- Tuckertown Park: 3.5 mi
- Peck and Hutchinson Collaborative Nature Space: 3.6 mi
- Rhode Island Railroad Museum: 2.1 mi
- International Museum of World War II: 5.4 mi
- South County Museum: 7.3 mi
- Frosty Drew Memorial Nature Center: 7.8 mi
- Tomaquag Indian Museum: 8.1 mi
- South Kingstown Veterans Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Sari's Sanctuary: 5.3 mi
- Camp Fuller Bell: 6.0 mi
- Carter Jackson Monument: 6.5 mi
- Narragansett Indian Monument: 7.1 mi
- Crawley Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Marion Eppley Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.8 mi
- Richmond Heritage Trail: 4.7 mi
- South Shore Management Area: 5.8 mi
- Audobon Society: 7.0 mi
- Camp Fuller Waterfront: 6.2 mi
- Ninigret Beach: 6.8 mi
- Burlingame State Park Beach: 8.0 mi
- Girl Scout Camp beach: 8.5 mi
- East Beach: 9.6 mi
- Florence Nightingale Statue: 3.7 mi
- Rhody the Ram: 3.8 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 6.3 mi
- Giant Troll Greta Granit: 7.5 mi
- Giant Troll Erik Rock: 7.8 mi
- Labyrinth: 4.7 mi
- Hellcat Propeller: 7.5 mi
- The Towers: 7.7 mi
- Bass Rock Road Waterfront: 8.3 mi
- Newton Avenue Waterfront: 8.3 mi
- Lion Head: 10.6 mi
- Rams Head: 12.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 13.9 mi
- Marys Seat: 15.5 mi
- The Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Beavertail Light: 10.2 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 10.2 mi
- Oil Shed: 17.8 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 17.8 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 17.8 mi
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 3.7 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 3.8 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- The Blue Garden: 13.4 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 21.4 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 13.1 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 14.5 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 14.6 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 18.2 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 22.7 mi
- Factory Pond: 5.4 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 10.1 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 14.3 mi
- Old Spring: 20.6 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 7.7 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 7.8 mi
- Big Beach: 11.7 mi
- Little Beach: 12.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 7.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 7.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Great Swamp Fight Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raccoon Hill | NNW 340° | 181 m | 11.1 mi |
| Nooseneck Hill | NNW 347° | 156 m | 10.2 mi |
| Breakheart Hill | NNW 335° | 148 m | 10.0 mi |
| Casey Hill | N 359° | 138 m | 7.2 mi |
| Dye Hill | WNW 303° | 138 m | 10.9 mi |
| Woody Hill | NW 307° | 131 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Tom | NW 316° | 131 m | 10.7 mi |
| Shrub Hill | NNE 12° | 125 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:42 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:36 | 16:20 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 52 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingston 1 W, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357262417
Day trips start here
- South County · 1 mi
- Richmond · 4 mi
- South Kingstown · 4 mi
- Wakefield · 5 mi
- Charlestown · 6 mi
- Wyoming · 6 mi
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