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Harris Mill Ruins

Harris Mill Ruins from directly overhead

Harris Mill Ruins is a historic site in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 93 m. Durfee Hill stands 244 m to the west-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.3 miles off.

Ruins of the very large Harris Mill for which the area was given the name “Harrisdale”

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.85057, -71.60341

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Manning Field: 1.4 mi
  • Esek Hopkins Park: 1.4 mi
  • Byron Winsor Park: 1.7 mi
  • Marion Irons Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Deerfield Park: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Veteran's Memorial at Smithfield: 3.5 mi
  • Grover C. Walker Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Columbus: 5.2 mi
  • Bryant Archway: 5.9 mi
  • Simmonsville Flood Memorial: 6.2 mi
Museums
Artworks: 55
  • Graffiti Mural: 8.0 mi
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 8.6 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 8.9 mi
  • Monsignor Cavallaro: 9.4 mi
  • Welcome Gateway: 9.6 mi
Attractions: 45
  • Crazy Corners: 4.8 mi
  • Rhode Island State House Tours: 9.8 mi
  • Waterplace Park: 9.9 mi
  • A World of Adaptations: 10.5 mi
  • Victorian Rose Garden: 10.5 mi
Beaches: 35
Picnic sites: 21
  • Site #36: 9.4 mi
  • Little Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Big Beach: 15.1 mi
  • 2: 18.0 mi
  • 4: 18.0 mi
Gardens: 20
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Garden of Heroes: 9.8 mi
  • Radeke Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Brown Street Community Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Rain Gardens: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Woodward's Rock: 7.1 mi
  • Warm Up Cave: 9.3 mi
  • Lower Heart: 9.3 mi
  • Mack's Traverse: 9.3 mi
  • Iron Cross Boulder: 9.3 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Thirsty Beaver: 3.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 10.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 10.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 19.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Springs: 3
  • Roger Williams Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Harris Mill Ruins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Durfee HillWNW 292°244 m7.8 mi
Pine HillWNW 285°235 m8.3 mi
Mount HygeiaW 271°224 m8.1 mi
Chopmist HillW 259°223 m3.5 mi
Sprague HillWNW 300°217 m7.5 mi
Pray HillW 273°216 m7.0 mi
Tourtellotte HillNW 319°213 m4.0 mi
Central LandfillSE 130°210 m4.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1219:4320:26
September equinox06:3418:0918:46
December solstice07:1115:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936475766716962514132
Precip in4.53.95.24.73.84.53.64.54.45.04.55.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Foster 1 E, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5977551671

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