Park · Rhode Island
Gardner Jackson Park
Gardner Jackson Park is a park in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the west, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Providence Innovation District Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.82150, -71.40538
- On the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 1.1 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 5.7 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 8.9 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 5 mi
- Lookout Point · 13 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Providence Innovation District Park: 0.1 mi
- Riverwalk: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Corliss Landing: 0.3 mi
- Brassil Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
Museums
- John Brown House Museum: 0.2 mi
- Governor Stephen Hopkins House: 0.3 mi
- Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology: 0.4 mi
- The Nature Lab at Rhode Island School of Design: 0.4 mi
- Providence Children's Museum: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
- Rhode Island Irish Famine Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Rhode Island IX State Memorial and Remembrance Park: 0.2 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Fox Point Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Annmary Brown Memorial: 0.2 mi
Artworks
- Little Bear Fountain: 0.2 mi
- Still Here: 0.3 mi
- Caesar Augustus: 0.3 mi
- Turk's Head: 0.3 mi
- Idee di pietra: 0.3 mi
Attractions
- Waterplace Park: 0.6 mi
- Rhode Island State House Tours: 0.8 mi
- Hasbro's Our Big Backyard: 2.3 mi
- Naturescape: 2.3 mi
- Treehouse For All: 2.3 mi
Peaks
- Fort Hill: 1.0 mi
- Baileys Butts: 2.0 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 2.3 mi
- Windmill Hill: 2.8 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Boyden Heights Conservation Area: 2.8 mi
- Edna Martin Wildlife Refuge: 3.5 mi
- Seekonk Sanctuary: 3.8 mi
- Conservation Commission: 4.1 mi
- Brookside/Olney Area: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 47
- Edgewood Beach: 3.1 mi
- Twin Rivers Beach East: 4.6 mi
- Frank Moody State Beach: 4.9 mi
- Georgiaville Pond Beach: 7.1 mi
- Georgiaville Beach: 7.1 mi
Gardens: 27
- Radeke Garden: 0.4 mi
- Brown University Student Garden: 0.5 mi
- The Frank Kellerman Memorial Garden: 0.5 mi
- J. R. Workman Garden: 0.6 mi
- Garden of Heroes: 0.8 mi
Cliffs: 22
- Tomato Boulder: 5.5 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 5.5 mi
- Iron Cross Boulder: 5.5 mi
- Warm Up Cave: 5.5 mi
- Summit Wall: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 22
- Site #36: 6.1 mi
- 4: 13.1 mi
- 3: 13.1 mi
- 6: 13.1 mi
- 5: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 9
- Thirsty Beaver: 7.7 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 8.4 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 8.5 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 9.3 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 9.6 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Cascade Brook Falls: 9.3 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 11.8 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 12.0 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 14.0 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 20.5 mi
Springs: 3
- Roger Williams Spring: 0.7 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 12.3 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Gardner Jackson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Landfill | W 263° | 210 m | 6.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | W 270° | 174 m | 7.7 mi |
| Peck Hill | W 260° | 167 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bald Hill | WSW 246° | 161 m | 8.5 mi |
| Rocky Hill | NW 325° | 155 m | 9.3 mi |
| Horn Hill | WSW 252° | 154 m | 8.1 mi |
| Wolf Hill | NW 306° | 144 m | 7.9 mi |
| Snake Hill | WNW 289° | 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.
- Spotted Lanternfly266 obs
- Mallard167 obs
- House Sparrow164 obs
- Eastern Cottontail142 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel140 obs
- American Robin137 obs
- Canada Goose121 obs
- Mute Swan113 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357264964
Day trips start here
- Providence/Downtown · 0 mi
- Providence/Fox Point · 0 mi
- Providence · 1 mi
- Providence/College Hill · 1 mi
- Providence/Federal Hill · 1 mi
- Providence/Smith Hill · 1 mi
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