Burlingame State Park

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Burlingame State Park and Campground is a public recreation area located in the town of Charlestown, Rhode Island. The state park's 3,100 acres offer camping, hiking, and water activities on Watchaug Pond. ()

Established: 1930 (94 years ago)Coordinates: 41°23'3"N, 71°42'3"W

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Burlingame State Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bradford, Frosty Drew Observatory, Ninigret Pond, Fort Ninigret.

2.7 miNW
Locality
Bradford
68 min walk • Bradford is a census-designated place and historic district in the towns of Westerly and Hopkinton in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 1,406 at the 2010 census.
2.3 miSE
Museum, Observatories and planetariums
Frosty Drew Observatory, Charlestown
58 min walk • Frosty Drew Observatory is an educational astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Frosty Drew Memorial Fund. It is located in the Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge in Charlestown, Rhode Island midway along the coast line between Westerly and Point Judith. It is named after Edwin "Frosty" Drew.
2.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Ninigret Pond, Charlestown
73 min walk • Ninigret is a coastal lagoon in Charlestown, Rhode Island, in the United States, located at 41°22′45″N 71°38′43″W. It is the largest of the nine lagoons, or "salt ponds", in southern Rhode Island.
2.7 miE
Forts and castles
Fort Ninigret, Charlestown
70 min walk • Fort Ninigret is a historic fort and trading post site at Fort Neck Road in Charlestown, Rhode Island, built and occupied by European settlers in the seventeenth century.
2.9 miS
National park
Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge
74 min walk • The Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge situated along the shore of Ninigret Pond. It is characterized by salt marshes, kettle ponds, freshwater wetlands, maritime shrub lands, and forests, and it is seasonally inhabited by over 250 species of birds.
4.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Ell Pond
109 min walk • Ell Pond is a kettle hole in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island. It is surrounded by a swamp of red maple and Atlantic white cypress, and by steep granitic monadnocks. The small area contains communities of both hydrophytic and xeric plants, which makes it ideal for ecological research and education.
3.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Charlestown Breachway State Beach
95 min walk • Charlestown Breachway State Beach is a seaside public recreation area on Block Island Sound in the town of Charlestown, Rhode Island.
5.6 miW
Neighbourhood
Main Street Historic District, Westerly
142 min walk • The Main Street Historic District of Westerly, Rhode Island, encompasses a predominantly residential section of Main Street and adjoining Maple Avenue and School Street.
3.6 miN
Village
Wood River Junction
92 min walk • Wood River Junction is a small village in the town of Richmond, Rhode Island in the United States. It is home to the Chariho school district's main campus and is otherwise largely turf farms.
3.1 miE
41°23'13"N • 71°38'25"W
Charlestown Gallery, Charlestown
80 min walk • Museum, Art gallery
5.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Winnapaug Pond, Westerly
147 min walk • Winnapaug Pond is a breached saltwater lagoon in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States, connected to Block Island Sound by the Weekapaug Breachway, which was constructed during the mid-1950s.