Slater Memorial Park Review

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Slater Memorial Park

  • Address: Newport Ave. (Rte. 1A), Pawtucket, RI | Map It
  • Phone: 401/728-0500 Ext. 252 park information

Fodor's Review:

Within the stately grounds of this park along Ten Mile River are picnic tables, tennis courts, playgrounds, and a river walk. The park's Looff Carousel, built by Charles I. D. Looff in 1894, comprises 42 horses, three dogs, and a lion, camel, and giraffe that are the earliest examples of the Danish immigrant's work. The carousel animals don't go up and down, but they sure move fast. Bargains don't get much better than this: rides are 25¢.

  • Cost: Free
  • Open: Park daily dawn-dusk. Carousel July-early Sept., daily 10-4; late Apr.-June and early Sept.-mid-Oct., weekends 10-5
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