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Liberty Tree Memorial

Liberty Tree Memorial from directly overhead

Liberty Tree Memorial is a historic site in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Chapman Hill stands 158 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Charlestown Naval Auxillary Landing Field Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Shannock Road passes 5.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
This American Liberty Elm was named after "The Liberty Tree: Our Country's first Symbol of Freedom." On the morning of August 14, 1765, the people of Boston awakened to discover two effigies suspended from an elm tree in protest of the hated Stamp Act.
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.37181, -71.66439

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Museums
Parks
  • Burlingame State Park (Picnic Area): 0.9 mi
  • Green Hill Park: 3.2 mi
  • Bradford Boat Launch And Fishing Area: 4.9 mi
  • South Kingstown Town Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Tuckertown Park: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • Kimball Refuge: 1.2 mi
  • How Davey Preserve (The Nature Conservancy): 4.4 mi
  • South Shore Management Area: 4.6 mi
  • Galilee Bird Sanctuary: 8.5 mi
  • Pawcatuck River State Wildlife Management Area: 8.9 mi
Peaks
  • Border Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Indian Burying Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Green Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Shumunkanuc Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Rabbit Hill: 4.6 mi
Beaches: 53
Artworks: 27
  • Giant Troll Greta Granit: 0.2 mi
  • Giant Troll Erik Rock: 0.3 mi
  • Grafitti Tunnel: 10.5 mi
  • Rhody the Ram: 10.6 mi
  • Florence Nightingale Statue: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 21
Gardens: 17
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • The Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Cascade: 18.3 mi
  • Cascade: 18.5 mi
  • East Greenwich Falls: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Pavilion: 0.2 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 0.3 mi
  • Big Beach: 19.1 mi
  • Little Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Skate Hut: 23.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Factory Pond: 3.6 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Old Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Liberty Tree Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chapman HillNW 310°158 m13.2 mi
Pendleton HillNW 314°153 m13.0 mi
Stewart HillWNW 303°149 m13.5 mi
Tefft HillN 359°148 m12.7 mi
Woody HillNNW 341°131 m13.4 mi
Champlin HillNW 323°125 m10.0 mi
Pine HillNNE 13°110 m9.6 mi
Fenner HillNNW 338°107 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1419:4220:24
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1015:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495867747266554638
Precip in3.32.74.23.93.33.52.93.53.84.33.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8092009182

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