Windmill Hill
Windmill Hill is a peak in Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island and has an elevation of 95 feet. Windmill Hill is situated nearby to the neighborhood Jamestown Shores, as well as near Plum Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jamestown Windmill and Friends Meetinghouse.
Jamestown Windmill
Windmill
The Jamestown Windmill is a smock mill in Jamestown, Rhode Island within the Windmill Hill Historic District on North Road north of Weeden Lane. The 30-foot high windmill was built in 1787 to coarse grind flint corn to feed to animals and finer corn meal for farmer families to eat.
Friends Meetinghouse
Church
Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Conanicut Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house at the junction of North Road and Weeden Lane in Jamestown, Rhode Island. The structure was built in 1786 to replace the original meeting house destroyed by the British after they occupied Conanicut Island in 1776.
United States Naval War College
College
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The Naval War College is the staff college and "Home of Thought" for the United States Navy at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. The NWC educates and develops leaders, supports defining the future Navy and associated roles and missions, supports combat readiness, and strengthens global maritime partnerships.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saunderstown and Newport.
Saunderstown
Village
Photo: Gibbystuart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saunderstown is a small village and historic district spread across the four towns of Narragansett, South Kingstown, Exeter and North Kingstown in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.
Newport
Newport is a beautiful seaside city in Rhode Island that is famous for its genteel mansions and a rich history of yachting, golf, and tennis. With a population of only 25,000, this scenic resort town punches well above its weight and was known as the "Summer White House" throughout the 1950s and 60s.
Middletown
Middletown lies south of Portsmouth and north of Newport, Rhode Island. This geographical location is what gave this town its name. Middletown was founded in 1743 when unjust taxation and a growing population caused freeholders in Newport to petition for independence.
Windmill Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 95 feet
- Also known as: “Freebody’s Hill”
- Category: landform
- Location: Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.51594° or 41° 30′ 57″ northLongitude
-71.37394° or 71° 22′ 26″ westElevation
95 feet (29 metres)Open location code
87HCGJ8G+9COpenStreetMap ID
node 357255931OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
5225757
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