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Davis Park

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Davis Park is a park in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the west-southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Tom Twitchell Greenway, a park 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.0 miles off.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.83256, -71.43079

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tom Twitchell Greenway: 0.2 mi
  • Pleasant Valley Parkway: 0.3 mi
  • Pleasant Valley Parkway: 0.4 mi
  • Regent Ave Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Father Lennon Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Lithuanian Monument: 0.4 mi
  • Armenian Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Giovanni da Verrazzano: 0.6 mi
  • Raymond Dettore, Jr.: 0.6 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • Monsignor Cavallaro: 0.7 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 0.8 mi
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi: 0.8 mi
  • Welcome Gateway: 0.8 mi
  • Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry: 0.8 mi
Museums
  • Rhode Island Jewish Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA): 1.1 mi
  • The Nature Lab at Rhode Island School of Design: 1.2 mi
  • Governor Stephen Hopkins House: 1.4 mi
  • Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology: 1.5 mi
Attractions
  • Rhode Island State House Tours: 0.8 mi
  • Waterplace Park: 1.0 mi
  • Hasbro's Our Big Backyard: 3.1 mi
  • Naturescape: 3.1 mi
  • Treehouse For All: 3.1 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Pleasant: 1.0 mi
  • Windmill Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Fruit Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Baileys Butts: 2.2 mi
  • The summit: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 45
Gardens: 24
  • Garden of Heroes: 0.8 mi
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Radeke Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Brown Street Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • J. R. Workman Garden: 1.5 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 5.1 mi
  • 4: 12.9 mi
  • 3: 12.9 mi
  • 6: 12.9 mi
  • 5: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Mack's Traverse: 4.5 mi
  • Warm Up Cave: 4.5 mi
  • Iron Cross Boulder: 4.5 mi
  • Tomato Boulder: 4.5 mi
  • Summit Wall: 4.5 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Thirsty Beaver: 6.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 7.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 7.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 10.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Springs: 3
  • Roger Williams Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Davis Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Central LandfillWSW 253°210 m5.7 mi
Pine HillW 263°174 m6.4 mi
Steere HillWNW 291°172 m10.1 mi
Peck HillWSW 252°167 m7.0 mi
Bald HillWSW 237°161 m7.7 mi
Rocky HillNNW 329°155 m7.9 mi
Horn HillWSW 243°154 m7.2 mi
Rocky HillW 278°147 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1219:4320:25
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1115:3416:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239495968747366544536
Precip in4.03.44.94.33.43.82.93.64.24.24.34.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Providence, 8 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly248 obs
  • House Sparrow159 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee154 obs
  • American Robin146 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail146 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel146 obs
  • Mallard121 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle110 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/141130277

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