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Jamestown Museum

Jamestown Museum, a museum in Rhode Island
Jamestown Museum, a museum in Rhode IslandKenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jamestown Museum, a museum in Rhode Island
Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0

Jamestown Museum is a museum in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Casey Hill stands 138 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Jamestown Town Cemetery, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.1 miles off.

About

The story

Jamestown Museum is a local history museum which tells the history of Jamestown, Rhode Island and is run by the Jamestown Historical Society. The Jamestown Historical Society founded the museum in the current building in 1971. The building was originally as a one-room school dating from 1885, which later served as the town library from 1898 to 1971. The museum was extensively renovated in 2008. The Jamestown Historical Society also operates several other historic building museums, such as the Jamestown Windmill (1787).

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q21014382, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
10 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.49638, -71.37381

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Freebody Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Fox Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Windmill Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Fort Wetherill: 1.5 mi
  • Castle Hill: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Artworks: 57
Beaches: 55
Attractions: 43
Gardens: 20
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 5
Springs: 4
  • Plum Point Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Factory Pond: 13.8 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Big Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Little Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 17.4 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 17.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 19.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 20.0 mi
Lighthouses: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Jamestown Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Casey HillWNW 294°138 m12.8 mi
Shrub HillNW 305°125 m11.8 mi
Pine HillW 273°110 m12.9 mi
Yorker HillWNW 283°98 m8.7 mi
Mount PleasantW 274°97 m9.2 mi
Sherman HillW 274°88 m7.3 mi
Slate HillENE 62°87 m6.4 mi
Drum Rock HillNNW 340°82 m13.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1319:4220:24
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:0915:3516:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339485765717166564638
Precip in4.03.64.64.73.93.23.23.33.84.73.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport Rose, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/366691065

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