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Buttonwoods Beach

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Buttonwoods Beach is a beach in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Masonic - Shriners Family Center, a park 0.6 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.3 miles off.

The story

beach in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States

Wikidata Q49320272, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.68621, -71.42172

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Masonic - Shriners Family Center: 0.6 mi
  • Chepiwanoxet Park: 1.4 mi
  • Warwick Skate Park: 1.4 mi
  • Bennett Street Public Right of Way: 1.5 mi
  • Winslow Field: 2.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Heritage Art Gallery and Glass Studio: 3.8 mi
  • Sri Chinmoy: 6.1 mi
  • Ferdinand II: 6.6 mi
  • The Pancratiast: 6.7 mi
  • Pineapple: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 56
  • Temple to Music: 6.5 mi
  • Roger Williams Botanical Center: 6.7 mi
  • Roger Williams Park Carousel: 6.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Victorian Rose Garden: 6.9 mi
Gardens: 26
  • Roger Williams Park Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Janes Community Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Brown University Student Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Radeke Garden: 9.7 mi
Picnic sites: 21
  • Little Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Big Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Site #36: 15.2 mi
  • 4: 22.2 mi
  • 3: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 18
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 11.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 11.0 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 14.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Springs: 4
  • Elizabeth Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Factory Pond: 22.4 mi
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Buttonwoods Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Central LandfillNW 325°210 m10.3 mi
Tunk HillWNW 295°174 m11.4 mi
Peck HillNW 318°167 m10.7 mi
Bald HillNW 311°161 m9.1 mi
Horn HillNW 315°154 m9.7 mi
Lawton HillNW 319°141 m9.3 mi
Burnt HillWNW 296°131 m9.8 mi
Rock HillW 268°131 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1219:4220:24
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1015:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239495968747366544536
Precip in4.03.44.94.33.43.82.93.64.24.24.34.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Providence, 3 mi away.

Mean tidal range 4.06 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station East Greenwich, RI, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357257739

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