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Johnston Memorial Park

Johnston Memorial Park from directly overhead

Johnston Memorial Park is a park in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Chopmist Hill stands 223 m to the west, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbus, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.2 miles off.

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Coordinates41.82784, -71.50602

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Columbus: 0.1 mi
  • Simmonsville Flood Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Rev. John Cunningham Square: 3.5 mi
  • Providence College Veritas Flame: 3.7 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 3.8 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Viscolosi Park: 2.2 mi
  • Obediah Brown Fields: 2.3 mi
  • Neutaconkanut Hill Park: 2.4 mi
  • Cricket Field: 2.7 mi
  • Paul Grande Park: 2.8 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Artworks: 57
  • Graffiti Mural: 3.2 mi
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 3.8 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 4.0 mi
  • Monsignor Cavallaro: 4.2 mi
  • Welcome Gateway: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 50
  • Rhode Island State House Tours: 4.7 mi
  • Waterplace Park: 4.7 mi
  • A World of Adaptations: 5.3 mi
  • Hasbro's Our Big Backyard: 5.4 mi
  • Victorian Rose Garden: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 38
Gardens: 23
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Garden of Heroes: 4.7 mi
  • Radeke Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Janes Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Brown Street Community Garden: 5.2 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 6.4 mi
  • Little Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Big Beach: 13.5 mi
  • 4: 15.4 mi
  • 3: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Warm Up Cave: 6.1 mi
  • Mack's Traverse: 6.1 mi
  • Iron Cross Boulder: 6.1 mi
  • Tomato Boulder: 6.1 mi
  • Lower Heart: 6.1 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Thirsty Beaver: 3.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 8.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 8.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 14.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Springs: 3
  • Roger Williams Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Johnston Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chopmist HillW 276°223 m8.5 mi
Tourtellotte HillWNW 301°213 m8.9 mi
Central LandfillSW 229°210 m2.0 mi
Absalona HillNW 312°198 m8.0 mi
Keech HillNW 318°194 m8.4 mi
Round HillW 267°187 m9.1 mi
Pine HillW 259°174 m2.5 mi
Tunk HillSW 231°174 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2218:58
June solstice05:1219:4320:25
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1115:3416:19

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose15 obs
  • common mugwort15 obs
  • Mallard14 obs
  • common milkweed14 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage14 obs
  • American Robin12 obs
  • white clover12 obs
  • pink lady's slipper11 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/553152948

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