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Conanicut Battery National Historic Park

Conanicut Battery National Historic Park from directly overhead

Conanicut Battery National Historic Park is a park in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Casey Hill stands 138 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Daughters of the American Revolution Memorial, a park 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.1 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.48086, -71.39380

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Fox Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Fort Wetherill: 1.9 mi
  • Castle Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Freebody Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Windmill Hill: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches: 55
Artworks: 54
Attractions: 44
Gardens: 19
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 5
Waterfalls: 5
Springs: 4
  • Plum Point Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Factory Pond: 12.3 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Big Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Little Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 16.0 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 16.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 21.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 21.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Conanicut Battery National Historic Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Casey HillWNW 301°138 m12.3 mi
Shrub HillNW 312°125 m11.6 mi
Pine HillW 279°110 m11.9 mi
Yorker HillWNW 293°98 m8.1 mi
Mount PleasantWNW 282°97 m8.3 mi
Sherman HillWNW 285°88 m6.4 mi
Wilbur HillW 274°88 m12.8 mi
Slate HillENE 58°87 m7.8 mi

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, 3 mi away.

  • Naked Sea Butterfly42 obs
  • Black Sea Bass42 obs
  • Common Sand Dollar42 obs
  • rugosa rose38 obs
  • Cunner36 obs
  • Atlantic Ghost Crab36 obs
  • European Green Crab34 obs
  • Common Periwinkle34 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/50764216

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