Bristol Town Beach
Bristol Town Beach is a beach in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Andrews Hill stands 116 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Colt State Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Beach in Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States.
Wikidata Q49320246, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 0.7 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 8.1 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 11.5 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 6 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 11 mi
- Lookout Point · 22 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Colt State Park: 0.6 mi
- Aaron Avenue: 0.8 mi
- Silver Creek Park: 1.0 mi
- Veterans Park: 1.0 mi
- Bristol Town Park: 1.1 mi
- Coggeshall Farm Museum: 1.0 mi
- Bristol Art Museum: 1.4 mi
- Linden Place Museum: 1.4 mi
- Bristol Train of Artillery Museum: 1.5 mi
- Bristol Historical and Preservation Society Museum: 1.5 mi
- The Sky Improvement Society's Home for Troubled Clouds: 1.6 mi
- Wes Jackson Ecological Pier: 3.0 mi
- Aldo Leopold Ecological Pier: 3.1 mi
- Statue of Roger Williams: 3.2 mi
- Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Ecological Pier: 3.2 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard: 1.7 mi
- King Philip's Remains: 2.5 mi
- Massasoit Sacred Circle Monument: 3.0 mi
- In Memory of Hugh Cole: 3.2 mi
- Warren Vietnam Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Fort Hill: 0.7 mi
- Halfmile Hill: 1.4 mi
- Juniper Hill: 1.7 mi
- Fox Hill: 2.2 mi
- Burr Hill: 2.5 mi
- Burnside Memorial Building: 1.5 mi
- Blithewold Manor, Gardens & Arboretum: 2.7 mi
- Battleship Cove: 6.8 mi
- USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.: 6.8 mi
- Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum: 6.8 mi
- Warren Town Beach: 2.5 mi
- Juniper Trail Beach: 2.6 mi
- Longmeadow Beach: 3.8 mi
- Swansea Town Beach: 4.6 mi
- Island Park Beach: 5.4 mi
- Naomi Street: 0.9 mi
- Silver Creek: 1.0 mi
- Moriarty: 1.1 mi
- Gooding Avenue: 1.4 mi
- Francesca Street: 1.5 mi
- Roger Williams Park Garden: 8.9 mi
- Janes Community Garden: 10.3 mi
- Brown University Student Garden: 10.8 mi
- The Frank Kellerman Memorial Garden: 11.1 mi
- Radeke Garden: 11.3 mi
- Usher Rocks: 1.9 mi
- Tree Point Rocks: 2.4 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 3.3 mi
- Marys Seat: 14.0 mi
- The Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 6.1 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 6.2 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 18.1 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 19.2 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 8.9 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 9.1 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 19.4 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 20.9 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 24.5 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 8.9 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 11.6 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 12.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 23.7 mi
- Little Beach: 13.8 mi
- Big Beach: 13.9 mi
- 16-34: 21.7 mi
- Beavertail Light: 17.3 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 17.3 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Bristol Town Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Hill | W 261° | 116 m | 11.9 mi |
| Spencer Hill | W 266° | 113 m | 10.5 mi |
| Applehouse Hill | WNW 301° | 112 m | 12.9 mi |
| Copicut Hill | E 79° | 109 m | 12.3 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | ESE 114° | 95 m | 5.8 mi |
| The summit | NW 314° | 90 m | 12.4 mi |
| Neutaconkanut Hill | NW 311° | 89 m | 12.3 mi |
| Cook Hill | ESE 108° | 85 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:42 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:34 | 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 4.13 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Bristol Highlands, RI, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/458162413
Day trips start here
- Bristol County · 1 mi
- Bristol · 1 mi
- Warren · 3 mi
- Barrington · 4 mi
- Portsmouth · 6 mi
- Tiverton · 6 mi
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