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Roger Williams Park is an elaborately landscaped 427-acre (173 ha) city park in Providence, Rhode Island and a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The park is named after Roger Williams , the founder of the city of Providence and the primary founder of the state of Rhode Island .
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Rhode Island is intended to include all the significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Name
The "Jewel" of the state park system Fishermen's Memorial State Park: Narragansett: Washington: 91 acres 37 ha: 1970: Oceanside camping Fort Adams State Park: Newport: Newport: 100 acres 40 ha: 1965: Site of the Newport Jazz Festival and Fort Wetherill State Park: Jamestown: Newport: 61.5 acres 24.9 ha: 1972: Sightseeing, scuba diving Goddard ...
A small park, the Roger Williams National Memorial is a 4.5 acre spot at the foot of College Hill in Providence. It was established in 1965 to mark Williams’ “outstanding contributions to the ...
The Roger Williams National Memorial is a 4.5-acre (1.8 ha) park located near the eastern bank of the Moshassuck River, east of the Rhode Island State House and north of Downtown Providence. It stands at the base of College Hill, upon which the early settlement of Providence was concentrated. The memorial is separated from the river by Canal ...
Brenton Point State Park is a public recreation area occupying 89 acres (36 ha) at the southwestern tip of Aquidneck Island in the city of Newport, Rhode Island. The state park offers wide vistas of the Atlantic Ocean where it meets Narragansett Bay. [4] The park lies adjacent to the Newport Country Club, part of Newport's Ocean Drive Historic ...
Snake Den State Park is a public recreation area occupying 1,000 acres (400 ha) on U.S. Route 6 in the town of Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island. [2] The park includes a working farm, Dame Farm, [3] and is largely undeveloped with limited recreational opportunities. The Rhode Island Division of Parks and Recreation is headquartered in ...
Many of Colt Park's statues were relocated to Linden Place for safe keeping. In 1965, the State of Rhode Island took over Colt Farm via eminent domain, and on August 21, 1968, the lands were dedicated as Colt State Park by Rhode Island Governor John Chafee. [3] A statue of Chafee was erected in the park in 2003. [5]