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Pawtuxet State Park

Pawtuxet State Park from directly overhead

Pawtuxet State Park is a park in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the west-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Stillhouse Cove Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.76953, -71.39968

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Artworks
  • Sri Chinmoy: 0.7 mi
  • The Eagle: 1.2 mi
  • The Pancratiast: 1.2 mi
  • Ferdinand II: 1.2 mi
  • Sea Lion sculpture: 1.3 mi
Attractions: 60
  • Roger Williams Botanical Center: 1.0 mi
  • Temple to Music: 1.0 mi
  • Roger Williams Park Carousel: 1.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Victorian Rose Garden: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
  • The Falconer: 1.2 mi
  • Lions Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Marconi Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Roger Williams Statue: 1.4 mi
  • The Fighting Gladiator: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Fort Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Sockanosset Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Primrose Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Slate Hill: 3.7 mi
Beaches: 54
Gardens: 26
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 9.6 mi
  • Little Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Big Beach: 12.2 mi
  • 4: 16.4 mi
  • 3: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 21
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 8.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 8.4 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 10.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 12.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Springs: 3
Lighthouses: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Pawtuxet State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Central LandfillWNW 291°210 m7.5 mi
Pine HillWNW 294°174 m8.7 mi
Peck HillWNW 285°167 m8.6 mi
Bald HillW 271°161 m8.0 mi
Horn HillW 278°154 m8.1 mi
Wolf HillNW 321°144 m10.6 mi
Lawton HillW 280°141 m7.4 mi
Sickkibunkiaut HillNW 304°137 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1219:4220:25
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1015:3416:19

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mute Swan153 obs
  • Mallard129 obs
  • American Robin116 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly105 obs
  • Canada Goose103 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel87 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee84 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail77 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/364213095

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