Brayton Point Beach
Brayton Point Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the east, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Brayton Point Salt Marsh, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Route 114 and High Street passes 4.9 miles off.
The story
Beach in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49320238, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 4.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 10.8 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 13.7 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 11 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Lookout Point · 21 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Portas Da Cidade: 1.2 mi
- Early Warren and the start of King Philip's War: 4.1 mi
- In Memory of Hugh Cole: 4.1 mi
- Warren Vietnam Memorial: 4.8 mi
- King Philip's Remains: 5.2 mi
- Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River: 1.6 mi
- Pokanoket Tribal lands: 3.5 mi
- Charles W. Greene Museum: 5.1 mi
- Warren Armory: 5.2 mi
- Narragansett Steam Fire Engine Company: 5.3 mi
- Commonwealth Park "Green Monstah" Mural: 1.6 mi
- John Muir Ecological Pier: 2.6 mi
- Rachel Carson Ecological Pier: 2.7 mi
- Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Ecological Pier: 2.7 mi
- Wes Jackson Ecological Pier: 2.9 mi
- Swansea Town Beach: 2.0 mi
- Juniper Trail Beach: 3.3 mi
- Pierce Beach: 4.5 mi
- Warren Town Beach: 5.2 mi
- Bristol Town Beach: 5.9 mi
- Fox Hill: 0.8 mi
- Townsend Hill: 2.6 mi
- Cook Hill: 3.5 mi
- King Phillips Chair: 3.8 mi
- Mount Hope: 3.9 mi
- Brayton Point Salt Marsh: 0.1 mi
- Un-Named: 1.7 mi
- Off Long Point Property: 2.1 mi
- Birch Stevens Farm: 2.4 mi
- Chace Preserve: 3.0 mi
- USS Massachusetts: 1.2 mi
- Battleship Cove: 1.2 mi
- USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.: 1.2 mi
- USS Lionfish: 1.2 mi
- USS Hiddensee: 1.2 mi
- Angus Street Right of Way: 0.2 mi
- Kennedy Park: 1.1 mi
- Gates of the City: 1.3 mi
- Fall River Heritage State Park: 1.3 mi
- Senator Thomas Norton City Pier: 1.4 mi
- Woodcart Garden: 9.0 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 11.5 mi
- Fragrance Gardens: 12.0 mi
- Roger Williams Park Garden: 12.5 mi
- Janes Community Garden: 13.3 mi
- Tree Point Rocks: 5.6 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 5.8 mi
- Usher Rocks: 6.6 mi
- King Phillips Lookout: 14.9 mi
- The Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 4.5 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 4.8 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 20.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.8 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 14.2 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 14.7 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 17.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 18.2 mi
- Little Beach: 19.7 mi
- Big Beach: 19.7 mi
- 16-34: 21.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 24.2 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 14.8 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 14.9 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 22.9 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 16.8 mi
- Beavertail Light: 21.3 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Brayton Point Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | E 84° | 109 m | 6.5 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | S 185° | 95 m | 4.1 mi |
| Slate Hill | SSW 199° | 87 m | 12.6 mi |
| Cook Hill | S 182° | 85 m | 3.5 mi |
| Drum Rock Hill | W 260° | 82 m | 14.5 mi |
| Great Meadow Hill | N 352° | 78 m | 11.7 mi |
| Townsend Hill | S 179° | 77 m | 2.6 mi |
| Great Rock | NNW 333° | 71 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:41 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tiverton, 6 mi away.
Mean tidal range 4.37 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Fall River, Massachusetts, MA, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358272920
Day trips start here
- Fall River · 2 mi
- Swansea · 3 mi
- Bristol County · 5 mi
- Bristol · 5 mi
- Somerset · 5 mi
- Warren · 5 mi
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