Goddard Memorial State Park

Goddard Memorial State Park
Rhode Island State Park
Named for: Col. Robert Goddard

Country	United States
State	Rhode Island
County	Kent
City	Warwick

Elevation	39 ft (12 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	41°39′31″N 71°26′16″W / 41.65861°N 71.43778°W / 41.65861; -71.43778Coordinates: 41°39′31″N 71°26′16″W / 41.65861°N 71.43778°W / 41.65861; -71.43778 ^[1]

Area	490 acres (198 ha) ^[2]

Opened	1930
Management	Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Parks & Recreation

Location in Rhode Island
Website: Goddard Memorial State Park

Goddard Memorial State Park is an urban state park occupying 490 acres (200 ha) along the shores of Greenwich Cove and Greenwich Bay in Warwick, Rhode Island. The grounds were once the estate of Civil War officer and Rhode Island politician Robert Goddard, whose children gave the land to the state in 1927 as a memorial to their father.^[2] The park features a nine-hole golf course, an equestrian area with 18 miles (29 km) of bridle trails, swimming beach, canoeing area, picnicking facilities, game fields, and a performing arts center.^[3]

Plans were announced in 2014 to move the Narragansett Runestone to the park.^[4]

References

1 2 "Goddard Memorial State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
1 2 "Goddard Memorial State Park History". State of Rhode Island Division of Parks & Recreation. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
↑ "Goddard Memorial State Park". State of Rhode Island Division of Parks & Recreation. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
↑ Church, Chris (January 31, 2014). "Mysterious rune stone moving to Goddard Park". Independent RI. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

External links

Goddard Memorial State Park Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Parks & Recreation
Goddard Memorial State Park Map Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Parks & Recreation

Protected areas of Rhode Island

Federal	Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Block Island National Wildlife Refuge Chafee National Wildlife Refuge Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge Touro Synagogue National Historic Site Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge Roger Williams National Memorial

State Parks	Arcadia Beavertail Blackstone River Bikeway Brenton Point Burlingame Colt East Bay Bike Path Fishermen's Memorial Fort Adams Fort Wetherill George Washington Goddard Memorial Haines Memorial Lincoln Woods Pulaski Snake Den World War II Memorial

State Beaches	Charlestown Breachway East Beach East Matunuck Fort Adams Goddard Memorial Misquamicut Roger Wheeler Salty Brine Scarborough

State Forests	Lincoln Woods George Washington Memorial Wickaboxet

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