Block Island Historical Society Museum
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Block Island Historical Society Museum is a museum in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. Pine Hill stands 110 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Rebecca at the Well, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Ministerial Road passes 15 miles off.
The story
The Block Island Historical Society is a historical society which runs a museum at 18 Old Town Road and Ocean Avenue on Block Island (New Shoreham) in Rhode Island. The Block Island Historical Society Museum was founded in 1942. The museum is located within Woonsocket House, a large house built in 1871. It was purchased in 1945, and numerous artifacts related to Block Island's history from "early maritime and farming displays to colonial memorabilia and scenes from Victorian summer past times. Two floors of exhibit rooms include fine furniture, textiles, quilts, boat models, tools, fishing gear, Native American artifacts, oral history tapes and other interesting displays." The museum is open daily during the summer and by appointment during the remainder of the year.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1942.
Wikidata Q4927144, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 17 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 15.4 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 18.9 mi off the Shannock Road
- 22.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 26.7 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
Named places within 25 miles
- Boiling Spring: 0.5 mi
- Rodman's Hollow Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Galilee Bird Sanctuary: 14.4 mi
- South Shore Management Area: 14.6 mi
- Kimball Refuge: 15.3 mi
- Sunset Hill: 0.5 mi
- Harbor Hill: 0.8 mi
- Jobs Hill: 1.0 mi
- Pilot Hill: 1.1 mi
- Beacon Hill: 1.5 mi
- Veterans Park: 0.9 mi
- Ball O'Brien Park: 1.1 mi
- Compass Rose: 13.6 mi
- Rose Nulman Park: 13.7 mi
- South Kingstown Town Beach: 14.0 mi
- Point Judith Fishermens's Memorial: 13.6 mi
- PS3 Gill: 13.6 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Charlestown Naval Auxillary Landing Field Memorial: 14.7 mi
- General Stanton Monument: 14.8 mi
- Pebbly Beach: 0.7 mi
- Monhegan Bluffs Beach: 1.6 mi
- Vaill Beach: 1.8 mi
- East Beach: 13.4 mi
- Sam Ferretti Blue Shutters Town Beach: 13.4 mi
- Frosty Drew Memorial Nature Center: 14.4 mi
- Montauk Lighthouse Museum: 16.9 mi
- International Museum of World War II: 18.6 mi
- South County Museum: 19.1 mi
- Westerly Armory: 19.9 mi
- Rebecca at the Well: 0.3 mi
- Giant Troll Erik Rock: 14.4 mi
- Giant Troll Greta Granit: 14.6 mi
- Lost At Sea: 16.9 mi
- Ninigret Statue: 18.0 mi
- Hellcat Propeller: 14.7 mi
- Bass Rock Road Waterfront: 16.9 mi
- Newton Avenue Waterfront: 17.3 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 17.3 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 18.0 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 1.5 mi
- Block Island Southeast Light: 1.5 mi
- Block Island South East Light: 1.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 17.8 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 17.8 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 1.6 mi
- Clay Head: 3.0 mi
- Lion Head: 21.4 mi
- Rams Head: 22.4 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 19.3 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 21.8 mi
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 21.9 mi
- The Blue Garden: 23.2 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 14.4 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 14.6 mi
- Factory Pond: 15.1 mi
- The Falls: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Block Island Historical Society Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill | N 352° | 110 m | 23.2 mi |
| Coon Hill | NNW 335° | 100 m | 22.2 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | N 1° | 97 m | 23.0 mi |
| Wilbur Hill | N 349° | 88 m | 22.4 mi |
| Sherman Hill | N 6° | 88 m | 23.0 mi |
| Shannock Hill | N 349° | 82 m | 20.3 mi |
| Kenyon Hill | NNW 343° | 81 m | 22.8 mi |
| Tefft Hill | N 4° | 78 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:37 | 16:21 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/366691025
Day trips start here
- Block Island · 1 mi
- East Matunuck · 14 mi
- Matunuck · 14 mi
- Charlestown · 15 mi
- Watch Hill · 18 mi
- South County · 19 mi
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