Hazard Farmstead, Conanicut Island

#2 among attractions in Conanicut Island

Archaeological site

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The Hazard Farmstead is a historic archaeological site in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It is the location of a major American Indian settlement whose artifacts have been dated from 2,500 BC to 1,000 AD. It appeared to be occupied seasonally from late summer to fall, and was intensively used during those times. ()

Coordinates: 41°31'37"N, 71°23'10"W

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Jamestown ShoresConanicut Island United States

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Day trips

Hazard Farmstead – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jamestown Windmill, Friends Meetinghouse, Plum Beach Light, Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge.

1 miSE
Museum, Historical place
Jamestown Windmill, Jamestown
26 min walk • 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 grind corn after the British occupational forces destroyed the previous mill around the time of the Battle of Rhode Island. It operated until 1896.
1 miSE
Church
Friends Meetinghouse, Jamestown
27 min walk • The Conanicut Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house at the junction of North Road and Weeden Lane in Jamestown, Rhode Island.
1 miW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Plum Beach Light, North Kingstown
26 min walk • Plum Beach Light, built in 1899, is a sparkplug lighthouse in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The lighthouse was built using pneumatic caisson engineering. A granite base was added in 1922. The light was deactivated in 1941 when the first Jamestown Bridge was built.
1 miW
Bridge
Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge, Saunderstown
26 min walk • The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge spans the West Passage of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, United States. It is part of Rhode Island Route 138 and is on the route to Newport, Rhode Island for traffic heading northbound from Interstate 95.
0.5 miSE
Museum, Vernacular architecture
Watson Farm, Jamestown
14 min walk • Watson Farm in Jamestown, Rhode Island, United States, was established in 1789. Job Watson purchased a piece of the farmland, and for the next two centuries, five successive generations of the Watson family cultivated the land, changing their crops and practices as needed to adapt to the evolving market.
~840 ftE
Neighbourhood
Windmill Hill Historic District, Conanicut Island
5 min walk • The Windmill Hill Historic District is a historic district encompassing a large rural landscape in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It is bounded on the north by Eldred Avenue, on the east by East Shore Road, on the south by Great Creek, and on the west by Narragansett Bay.