East Beach
East Beach is a beach in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Chapman Hill stands 158 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sam Ferrenti East Beach Town Beach, a beach 0.7 miles away. Shannock Road passes 7.2 miles off.
The story
East Beach or East State Beach is a seaside public recreation area on Quonochontaug Neck, the narrow barrier island that separates Block Island Sound and Ninigret Pond, in the town of Charlestown, Rhode Island, United States. The state beach encompasses three miles (4.8 km) of oceanfront and abuts Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge.
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Wikidata Q5327836, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Shannock Road
- 7.2 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 9.9 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 16.6 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Frosty Drew Memorial Nature Center: 1.8 mi
- Westerly Armory: 7.9 mi
- International Museum of World War II: 11.4 mi
- Rhode Island Railroad Museum: 11.5 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 11.6 mi
- Kimball Refuge: 2.0 mi
- How Davey Preserve (The Nature Conservancy): 5.3 mi
- South Shore Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Pawcatuck River State Wildlife Management Area: 7.9 mi
- Parker Brothers Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Burlingame State Park (Picnic Area): 2.4 mi
- Green Hill Park: 4.7 mi
- Bradford Boat Launch And Fishing Area: 5.4 mi
- Santo Algiere Conservation Park: 6.7 mi
- Rotary Park: 6.9 mi
- Rabbit Hill: 3.8 mi
- Border Hill: 4.0 mi
- Indian Burying Hill: 4.4 mi
- Shumunkanuc Hill: 4.8 mi
- Green Hill: 4.8 mi
- General Stanton Monument: 1.7 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Charlestown Naval Auxillary Landing Field Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Babcock-Smith House Museum: 7.4 mi
- Great Swamp Fight Site: 9.6 mi
- Sam Ferrenti East Beach Town Beach: 0.7 mi
- Sam Ferretti Blue Shutters Town Beach: 0.9 mi
- Burlingame State Park Beach: 2.6 mi
- Ninigret Beach: 3.0 mi
- Ocean House Beach: 9.1 mi
- Giant Troll Erik Rock: 1.9 mi
- Giant Troll Greta Granit: 2.2 mi
- Ninigret Statue: 9.4 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 12.2 mi
- Rhody the Ram: 12.6 mi
- Hellcat Propeller: 2.1 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 7.4 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 9.5 mi
- Labyrinth: 11.8 mi
- Bass Rock Road Waterfront: 12.3 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 12.7 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 12.8 mi
- The Blue Garden: 19.7 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 21.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 9.6 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 9.6 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 9.6 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 14.9 mi
- Block Island Southeast Light: 14.9 mi
- Clay Head: 11.0 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 14.5 mi
- Lion Head: 16.9 mi
- Rams Head: 18.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 20.6 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 1.9 mi
- Big Beach: 21.1 mi
- Little Beach: 21.4 mi
- Powder House: 22.6 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 18.9 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 24.2 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 24.3 mi
- Yantic Falls: 24.8 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 24.8 mi
- Factory Pond: 5.3 mi
- Old Spring: 16.6 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 18.8 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 24.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 14.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of East Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman Hill | NW 318° | 158 m | 13.8 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | NW 322° | 153 m | 13.8 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NW 311° | 149 m | 13.8 mi |
| Champlin Hill | NNW 333° | 125 m | 11.1 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNE 16° | 110 m | 11.6 mi |
| Fenner Hill | NNW 346° | 107 m | 11.6 mi |
| Jeremy Hill | WNW 296° | 101 m | 12.6 mi |
| Coon Hill | NNW 339° | 100 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:42 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:37 | 16:21 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 6 mi away.
Mean tidal range 2.53 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Weekapaug Point, Block Island Sound, RI, 4 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357255553
Day trips start here
- Charlestown · 3 mi
- Matunuck · 7 mi
- Ashaway · 8 mi
- East Matunuck · 8 mi
- Westerly · 8 mi
- Hopkinton · 9 mi
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