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Veterans Memorial Park

Veterans Memorial Park from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial Park is a park in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the west-southwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Windmill Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.9 miles off.

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Coordinates41.86751, -71.41083

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Fairlawn Park: 1.0 mi
  • Ryan Archembault Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Collyer Park: 1.0 mi
  • The Wild Place: 1.0 mi
  • 9th St. Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • The Hummingbird Palace: 1.3 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 2.0 mi
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 2.0 mi
  • The Independent Man: 2.5 mi
  • Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry: 2.6 mi
Museums
  • Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit: 2.3 mi
  • Rhode Island Jewish Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Lippitt House Museum: 2.8 mi
  • The Nature Lab at Rhode Island School of Design: 2.8 mi
  • Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions: 58
  • Slater Mill: 1.6 mi
  • Rhode Island State House Tours: 2.5 mi
  • Waterplace Park: 2.8 mi
  • Hunt House Root Cellar: 4.3 mi
  • Hunts Mill Pump House: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 39
Gardens: 23
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 3.0 mi
  • 4: 10.3 mi
  • 3: 10.3 mi
  • 6: 10.3 mi
  • 5: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Summit Wall: 2.4 mi
  • Tomato Boulder: 2.4 mi
  • Iron Cross Boulder: 2.4 mi
  • Mack's Traverse: 2.4 mi
  • Warm Up Cave: 2.4 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 5.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 5.3 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 6.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 11.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Springs: 3
  • Roger Williams Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Veterans Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Central LandfillWSW 238°210 m7.6 mi
Pine HillWSW 246°174 m8.1 mi
Whortleberry HillNW 320°169 m9.0 mi
Peck HillWSW 240°167 m8.9 mi
Beacon Pole HillNNW 347°162 m9.0 mi
Rocky HillNW 311°155 m6.7 mi
Horn HillSW 233°154 m9.4 mi
Catamint HillN 349°152 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1119:4320:25
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1115:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138495968747265534334
Precip in4.43.74.94.73.64.33.64.04.25.14.25.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly75 obs
  • Wild Turkey52 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel44 obs
  • American Robin36 obs
  • Mourning Dove34 obs
  • common milkweed30 obs
  • Canada Goose29 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail28 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/318662140

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