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Great Swamp Fight Site

Great Swamp Fight Site from directly overhead

Great Swamp Fight Site is a historic site in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 30 m. Pine Hill stands 158 m to the north-northwest, 7.2 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

Coordinates41.46848, -71.59543

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Museums
Nature reserves
  • 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
Historic sites
Beaches: 55
Artworks: 37
  • 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
Attractions: 36
  • 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
Cliffs: 10
Gardens: 8
Waterfalls: 8
Springs: 4
  • Factory Pond: 5.4 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Old Spring: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Pavilion: 7.7 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 7.8 mi
  • Big Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Little Beach: 12.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 7.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 7.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Great Swamp Fight Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine HillNNW 345°158 m7.2 mi
Nooseneck HillNNW 347°156 m10.2 mi
Tefft HillNNW 328°148 m7.1 mi
Breakheart HillNNW 335°148 m10.0 mi
Casey HillN 359°138 m7.2 mi
Dye HillWNW 303°138 m10.9 mi
Woody HillNW 307°131 m10.0 mi
Mount TomNW 316°131 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1419:4220:24
September equinox06:3418:0918:45
December solstice07:1015:3616:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037465665706962524234
Precip in4.23.85.74.53.64.03.34.14.34.54.45.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingston 1 W, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357262417

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