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Elizabeth Spring

Elizabeth Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Elizabeth Spring is a spring in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Weaver Hill stands 184 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bleachery Woods, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Route 102 (Ten Rod Road) passes 5.9 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.64788, -71.45671

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Heritage Art Gallery and Glass Studio: 0.6 mi
  • Giant Troll Iver Mudslider: 5.7 mi
  • Sri Chinmoy: 9.0 mi
  • Ferdinand II: 9.5 mi
  • The Sky Improvement Society's Home for Troubled Clouds: 9.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
  • Fry Brook Recreation Park: 1.7 mi
  • Chepiwanoxet Park: 1.9 mi
  • McGinn Park: 2.0 mi
  • Frenchtown Park: 3.0 mi
  • Masonic - Shriners Family Center: 3.1 mi
Beaches: 56
Attractions: 54
  • Temple to Music: 9.4 mi
  • Burnside Memorial Building: 9.5 mi
  • Roger Williams Park Carousel: 9.6 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Roger Williams Botanical Center: 9.6 mi
Gardens: 24
Cliffs: 18
Waterfalls: 7
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 13.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 13.9 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Little Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Big Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Site #36: 17.9 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 22.0 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 22.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Plum Point Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Factory Pond: 19.2 mi
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Elizabeth Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weaver HillW 274°184 m10.8 mi
Bald HillNNW 329°161 m10.0 mi
Pine HillWSW 239°158 m10.5 mi
Nooseneck HillWSW 255°156 m9.8 mi
Horn HillNNW 332°154 m10.8 mi
Harkney HillWNW 282°150 m10.2 mi
Lawton HillNNW 336°141 m10.6 mi
Casey HillSW 235°138 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1219:4220:24
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, 5 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs63.468.689.184.461.339.220.015.715.121.336.956.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Hunt River Near East Greenwich, RI, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • White-tailed Deer293 obs
  • wineberry30 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull26 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk26 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee26 obs
  • striped wintergreen25 obs
  • Northern Cardinal24 obs
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker23 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/13125753255

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