Founders Hall
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Founders Hall is a museum in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Yorker Hill stands 98 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Anchor Park, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
The Naval War College Museum in Newport, Rhode Island, is one of 10 official American museums operated by the United States Navy, under the direction of the Naval History & Heritage Command and in co-operation with the Naval War College. It is located at Building 10, Luce Avenue, Naval Station Newport, in the building which first housed the Naval War College, a structure built in the early 19th century to house Newport's poor. It is a contributing element to a National Historic Landmark District, along with Luce Hall, the college's first purpose-built building.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q6981970, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1820
- Elevation
- 12 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 3.0 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 10.4 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 10.9 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 17 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Anchor Park: 0.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Miantonomi Memorial Park Tower: 1.0 mi
- Northwest Gun Mount: 1.0 mi
- Oliver Perry Monument: 1.4 mi
- Hunter Park: 0.7 mi
- Battery Park: 0.8 mi
- Miantonomi Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Storer Park: 1.1 mi
- Mary Ferrazzoli Park: 1.3 mi
- Beacon Hill: 0.8 mi
- Miantonomi Hill: 0.9 mi
- Bliss Hill: 1.4 mi
- Freebody Hill: 1.7 mi
- Windmill Hill: 2.4 mi
- Hunter House: 1.1 mi
- Museum of Newport History: 1.4 mi
- Old Colony House: 1.4 mi
- Artillery Company of Newport Military Museum: 1.5 mi
- Newport Historical Society and Museum: 1.5 mi
- Marsh Meadows Wildlife Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Racquet Road Wildlife Refuge: 2.4 mi
- High Hill Point: 6.5 mi
- Fogland Marsh Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Donavan Marsh: 7.0 mi
- Channing Truro Statue: 1.8 mi
- Matthew Perry Monument: 1.8 mi
- Rochambeau Statue and Monument: 2.1 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 9.3 mi
- Giant Troll Iver Mudslider: 9.3 mi
- King Park Beach: 2.1 mi
- Easton's Beach: 2.3 mi
- Old Salt Work Beach: 2.4 mi
- Atlantic Beach: 2.6 mi
- Mackerel Cove Beach: 3.1 mi
- Save The Bay’s Hamilton Family Aquarium: 1.3 mi
- Old Colony House: 1.4 mi
- Jamestown Golf Course: 1.9 mi
- International Tennis Hall of Fame: 2.0 mi
- Newport Mansions Preservation Society: 2.5 mi
- The Blue Garden: 3.0 mi
- Herb Garden: 3.7 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 7.4 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 8.0 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 10.4 mi
- Marys Seat: 2.3 mi
- The Bluff: 3.4 mi
- Rams Head: 3.7 mi
- Lion Head: 4.8 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 10.3 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 4.9 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 11.8 mi
- Factory Pond: 16.2 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 22.7 mi
- The Falls: 5.9 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 12.1 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 12.4 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 23.5 mi
- Big Beach: 14.6 mi
- Little Beach: 14.8 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 19.8 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 19.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.0 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 18.4 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 18.6 mi
- Beavertail Light: 5.4 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 5.5 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Founders Hall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorker Hill | W 277° | 98 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | W 270° | 97 m | 11.6 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | NE 35° | 95 m | 12.3 mi |
| Sherman Hill | W 269° | 88 m | 9.6 mi |
| Slate Hill | NE 55° | 87 m | 3.9 mi |
| Cook Hill | NE 34° | 85 m | 12.9 mi |
| Tefft Hill | WSW 255° | 78 m | 11.3 mi |
| Congdon Hill | W 279° | 75 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:35 | 16:19 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport Rose, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000876OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/229922552
Day trips start here
- Jamestown · 2 mi
- Middletown · 2 mi
- Newport · 2 mi
- Brenton Point State Park · 4 mi
- Dutch Island · 4 mi
- Newport County · 6 mi
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