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Wanskuck Park

Wanskuck Park from directly overhead

Wanskuck Park is a park in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the west-southwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Iola French Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.7 miles off.

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Coordinates41.85994, -71.43290

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Iola French Park: 0.6 mi
  • General Street Park: 0.8 mi
  • Hopkins Square: 0.9 mi
  • Prete-Metcalf Field: 0.9 mi
  • Ascham Street Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 1.1 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 1.1 mi
  • The Hummingbird Palace: 2.1 mi
  • The Independent Man: 2.2 mi
  • Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Providence College Veritas Flame: 1.1 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Rev. John Cunningham Square: 1.2 mi
  • Armenian Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Lithuanian Monument: 1.8 mi
Museums
  • Rhode Island Jewish Museum: 1.9 mi
  • The Nature Lab at Rhode Island School of Design: 2.6 mi
  • Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology: 2.8 mi
  • Governor Stephen Hopkins House: 2.8 mi
  • Lippitt House Museum: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions: 54
  • Rhode Island State House Tours: 2.2 mi
  • Waterplace Park: 2.5 mi
  • Slater Mill: 2.9 mi
  • Hasbro's Our Big Backyard: 5.0 mi
  • Hunt House Root Cellar: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 40
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 3.2 mi
  • 4: 11.3 mi
  • 3: 11.3 mi
  • 2: 11.4 mi
  • 6: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 21
Cliffs: 18
  • Mack's Traverse: 2.6 mi
  • Warm Up Cave: 2.6 mi
  • Iron Cross Boulder: 2.6 mi
  • Tomato Boulder: 2.6 mi
  • Summit Wall: 2.6 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Thirsty Beaver: 5.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 5.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 5.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 11.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 12.1 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Springs: 3
  • Roger Williams Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Wanskuck Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Central LandfillWSW 236°210 m6.4 mi
Pine HillWSW 247°174 m6.8 mi
Steere HillW 280°172 m9.4 mi
Whortleberry HillNNW 327°169 m8.8 mi
Peck HillWSW 239°167 m7.7 mi
Nipsachuck HillNW 309°167 m9.0 mi
Beacon Pole HillN 355°162 m9.4 mi
Bald HillSW 226°161 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1219:4320:25
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
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee114 obs
  • Western Honey Bee87 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly85 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel58 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle58 obs
  • American Robin57 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail44 obs
  • Northern Cardinal40 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/295226295

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