Providence Children's Museum
Providence Children's Museum is a museum in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the west, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Franklin Square, a park 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
capital city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and seat of Providence County
Dates from 1636.
Wikidata Q18383, matched on coordinates and name (886 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 1.1 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 6.0 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 8.8 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 5 mi
- Lookout Point · 14 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Franklin Square: 0.2 mi
- Franklin Square: 0.2 mi
- Providence Innovation District Park: 0.3 mi
- Abbott Park: 0.3 mi
- Collier Park: 0.4 mi
- Fox Point Veterans Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Rhode Island Irish Famine Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Rhode Island IX State Memorial and Remembrance Park: 0.5 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 0.6 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Still Here: 0.5 mi
- Turk's Head: 0.6 mi
- Little Bear Fountain: 0.6 mi
- Ambrose Burnside Statue: 0.7 mi
- Elevation II: 0.7 mi
- John Brown House Museum: 0.6 mi
- Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA): 0.6 mi
- Governor Stephen Hopkins House: 0.6 mi
- The Nature Lab at Rhode Island School of Design: 0.7 mi
- Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology: 0.7 mi
- Waterplace Park: 0.8 mi
- Rhode Island State House Tours: 1.0 mi
- Hasbro's Our Big Backyard: 1.9 mi
- Naturescape: 1.9 mi
- Treehouse For All: 1.9 mi
- Fort Hill: 1.1 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 2.1 mi
- Baileys Butts: 2.3 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.5 mi
- The summit: 3.0 mi
- Boyden Heights Conservation Area: 2.7 mi
- Edna Martin Wildlife Refuge: 3.7 mi
- Seekonk Sanctuary: 4.2 mi
- Conservation Commission: 4.3 mi
- Brookside/Olney Area: 4.4 mi
- Edgewood Beach: 2.8 mi
- Twin Rivers Beach East: 4.7 mi
- Frank Moody State Beach: 5.2 mi
- Georgiaville Pond Beach: 7.2 mi
- Georgiaville Beach: 7.2 mi
- Janes Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Radeke Garden: 0.7 mi
- Brown University Student Garden: 0.8 mi
- The Frank Kellerman Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
- J. R. Workman Garden: 1.0 mi
- Tomato Boulder: 5.8 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 5.8 mi
- Iron Cross Boulder: 5.8 mi
- Warm Up Cave: 5.8 mi
- Summit Wall: 5.8 mi
- Site #36: 6.4 mi
- 4: 13.5 mi
- 3: 13.5 mi
- 6: 13.5 mi
- 5: 13.5 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 7.7 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 8.7 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 8.8 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 9.4 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 9.6 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 9.3 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 11.4 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 11.6 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 13.7 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 20.1 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 1.0 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 11.9 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Providence Children's Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Landfill | W 265° | 210 m | 6.5 mi |
| Pine Hill | W 272° | 174 m | 7.5 mi |
| Peck Hill | W 263° | 167 m | 7.8 mi |
| Bald Hill | WSW 248° | 161 m | 8.1 mi |
| Rocky Hill | NNW 327° | 155 m | 9.4 mi |
| Horn Hill | WSW 254° | 154 m | 7.8 mi |
| Wolf Hill | NW 309° | 144 m | 7.9 mi |
| Snake Hill | WNW 291° | 144 m | 9.6 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 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:34 | 16:18 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Providence, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/425693227
Day trips start here
- Providence/Downtown · 0 mi
- Providence · 1 mi
- Providence/College Hill · 1 mi
- Providence/Federal Hill · 1 mi
- Providence/Fox Point · 1 mi
- Providence/Smith Hill · 1 mi
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