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Geddes Bowen Preserve

Geddes Bowen Preserve from directly overhead

Geddes Bowen Preserve is a nature reserve in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Woonsocket Hill stands 180 m to the west-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Monk's Quarry, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 2.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cumberland Land Trust
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.93857, -71.42030

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Monk's Quarry: 0.4 mi
  • Nine Men's Misery Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Cumberland Veteran's Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Honor Roll: 3.5 mi
  • Liberty Arming the Patriot: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
  • Captain Wilbur Kelly House Transportation Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Hearthside House Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Falls Fire Barn Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit: 6.0 mi
  • Johnston Historical Society: 6.4 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Blackstone River Bikeway: 2.3 mi
  • Adamsdale Well Field: 2.4 mi
  • Girl Scout Well Field: 2.4 mi
  • Gateway Park: 2.4 mi
  • Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
Artworks
  • The Hummingbird Palace: 6.0 mi
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 6.5 mi
  • Statue of Hachikō: 6.6 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 6.6 mi
  • Lloyd G. Balfour Riverwalk Scupture: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 55
  • Slater Mill: 4.6 mi
  • Cumberlandite: 4.9 mi
  • Rhode Island State House Tours: 7.4 mi
  • Waterplace Park: 7.7 mi
  • Hunt House Root Cellar: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 45
Gardens: 33
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 2.4 mi
  • 2: 6.8 mi
  • 4: 6.8 mi
  • 3: 6.8 mi
  • 1: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 17
Rest areas: 8
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 1.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 1.3 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 7.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Geddes Bowen Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woonsocket HillWNW 292°180 m7.4 mi
Whortleberry HillWNW 290°169 m5.7 mi
Nipsachuck HillW 272°167 m7.6 mi
Beacon Pole HillNNW 339°162 m4.2 mi
Rocky HillW 263°155 m4.6 mi
Catamint HillNNW 344°152 m4.5 mi
Black Plain HillWNW 286°150 m8.2 mi
Bald HillNNW 348°145 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1119:4320:25
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1115:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138495968747265534334
Precip in4.43.74.94.73.64.33.64.04.25.14.25.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1233416777

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