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Frosty Drew Memorial Nature Center

Frosty Drew Memorial Nature Center from directly overhead

Frosty Drew Memorial Nature Center is a museum in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Chapman Hill stands 158 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Nini Pavillion, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Shannock Road passes 5.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
12 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.36748, -71.66318
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Burlingame State Park (Picnic Area): 1.2 mi
  • Green Hill Park: 3.2 mi
  • Bradford Boat Launch And Fishing Area: 5.1 mi
  • South Kingstown Town Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Tuckertown Park: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • Kimball Refuge: 1.3 mi
  • South Shore Management Area: 4.6 mi
  • How Davey Preserve (The Nature Conservancy): 4.6 mi
  • Galilee Bird Sanctuary: 8.4 mi
  • Pawcatuck River State Wildlife Management Area: 8.9 mi
Peaks
  • Border Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Indian Burying Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Green Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Shumunkanuc Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Rabbit Hill: 4.6 mi
Museums
Beaches: 53
Artworks: 27
  • Giant Troll Erik Rock: 0.1 mi
  • Giant Troll Greta Granit: 0.3 mi
  • Grafitti Tunnel: 10.6 mi
  • Rhody the Ram: 10.7 mi
  • Ninigret Statue: 10.8 mi
Attractions: 22
Gardens: 17
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • The Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Cascade: 18.4 mi
  • Cascade: 18.6 mi
  • East Greenwich Falls: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 0.0 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 0.2 mi
  • Big Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Little Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Skate Hut: 23.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Factory Pond: 3.7 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Old Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Frosty Drew Memorial Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chapman HillNW 310°158 m13.5 mi
Pendleton HillNW 315°153 m13.3 mi
Stewart HillNW 304°149 m13.7 mi
Tefft HillN 359°148 m13.0 mi
Champlin HillNW 324°125 m10.3 mi
Pine HillNNE 12°110 m9.9 mi
Fenner HillNNW 339°107 m10.4 mi
Jeremy HillWNW 288°101 m12.9 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 solstice07:1015:3716:21

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/366687967

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