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Roger Williams Park

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Roger Williams Park is a park in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the west-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Roger Williams Park Carousel, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
9 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.78252, -71.41373

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Lions Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Roger Williams Statue: 0.2 mi
  • The Fighting Gladiator: 0.3 mi
  • Marconi Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • The Union Soldier: 0.4 mi
Artworks
  • The Pancratiast: 0.1 mi
  • Ferdinand II: 0.1 mi
  • Sea Lion sculpture: 0.2 mi
  • Brown R. Church: 0.2 mi
  • Pineapple: 0.2 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Joseph Williams Field: 0.4 mi
  • Washington Park Square: 0.7 mi
  • Amos Earley Park: 0.7 mi
  • Ardoene Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sackett Street Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Rocky Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Fort Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Sockanosset Hill: 2.8 mi
  • The summit: 3.4 mi
  • Neutaconkanut Hill: 3.4 mi
Attractions: 59
  • Roger Williams Park Carousel: 0.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Temple to Music: 0.1 mi
  • Victorian Rose Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Roger Williams Botanical Center: 0.3 mi
Beaches: 53
Gardens: 26
  • Roger Williams Park Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Janes Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Brown University Student Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Radeke Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 8.6 mi
  • Little Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Big Beach: 12.5 mi
  • 4: 15.7 mi
  • 3: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 21
Rest areas: 9
  • Thirsty Beaver: 9.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 9.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 9.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 11.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Springs: 3
Lighthouses: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Central LandfillWNW 286°210 m6.6 mi
Pine HillWNW 290°174 m7.7 mi
Peck HillW 280°167 m7.7 mi
Bald HillW 264°161 m7.3 mi
Horn HillW 272°154 m7.3 mi
Wolf HillNW 321°144 m9.4 mi
Snake HillWNW 303°144 m10.4 mi
Lawton HillW 273°141 m6.6 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
  • Spotted Lanternfly111 obs
  • American Robin99 obs
  • Mallard96 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel80 obs
  • Canada Goose64 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail63 obs
  • common mugwort62 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee62 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/141547611

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