Buttonwoods Beach
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
- 6.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 7.3 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 7.8 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 9.1 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 5 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 10 mi
- Lookout Point · 22 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Warwick Museum of Art: 2.0 mi
- Warwick Center for the Arts: 2.1 mi
- Varnum Memorial Armory: 2.1 mi
- Pawtuxet Rangers Armory: 5.5 mi
- Seabee Museum: 5.6 mi
- Varnum House Museum: 2.3 mi
- Armory of the Kentish Guards: 2.3 mi
- Station Fire Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Tillinghast Mill Ruins: 5.9 mi
- Lions Memorial: 6.6 mi
- 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
- Drum Rock Hill: 2.2 mi
- Bald Hill: 3.7 mi
- Spencer Hill: 3.9 mi
- The Mount: 4.0 mi
- Slate Hill: 4.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 1.5 mi
- Longmeadow Beach: 3.1 mi
- Calf Pasture Point Beach: 4.1 mi
- Edgewood Beach: 6.6 mi
- Bristol Town Beach: 6.6 mi
- Bleachery Pond State Land: 3.0 mi
- Bleachery Woods: 3.1 mi
- Potowomut Conservation Easement: 3.9 mi
- DelVecchio Farm: 4.6 mi
- Hunt River Glen: 6.2 mi
- 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
- 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
- Usher Rocks: 7.0 mi
- Tree Point Rocks: 7.1 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 14.6 mi
- Warm Up Cave: 14.6 mi
- 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
- Payne's Pond Falls: 3.0 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 3.1 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 14.9 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 15.3 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 17.8 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 3.2 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 10.0 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 10.7 mi
- Factory Pond: 22.4 mi
- Little Beach: 7.5 mi
- Big Beach: 7.6 mi
- 16-34: 22.4 mi
- Beavertail Light: 16.4 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Buttonwoods Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Landfill | NW 325° | 210 m | 10.3 mi |
| Tunk Hill | WNW 295° | 174 m | 11.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | NW 324° | 174 m | 11.5 mi |
| Peck Hill | NW 318° | 167 m | 10.7 mi |
| Horn Hill | NW 315° | 154 m | 9.7 mi |
| Lawton Hill | NW 319° | 141 m | 9.3 mi |
| Rock Hill | W 268° | 131 m | 10.7 mi |
| Lippitt Hill | NW 306° | 129 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:42 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:34 | 16:19 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
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 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357257739
Day trips start here
- Goddard Memorial State Park · 2 mi
- Warwick · 2 mi
- East Greenwich · 4 mi
- West Warwick · 5 mi
- Cranston · 6 mi
- Quonset Point · 6 mi
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