Edgewood Beach
Edgewood Beach is a beach in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the west-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Culinary Archive and Museum;Johnson & Wales University Culinary Arts Museum, a museum 0.6 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
beach in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
Wikidata Q49320614, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 1.6 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 6.5 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 8.7 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 2 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 4 mi
- Lookout Point · 16 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Culinary Archive and Museum;Johnson & Wales University Culinary Arts Museum: 0.6 mi
- Pawtuxet Rangers Armory: 1.1 mi
- Temple to Music: 1.2 mi
- Museum of Natural History and Planetarium: 1.3 mi
- Betsey Williams Cottage: 1.4 mi
- Stillhouse Cove Park: 0.6 mi
- Columbia Park: 0.8 mi
- Pawtuxet State Park: 0.8 mi
- Washington Park Square: 0.9 mi
- Pawtuxet Park: 1.1 mi
- The Eagle: 0.9 mi
- Sri Chinmoy: 1.1 mi
- The Pancratiast: 1.2 mi
- Juan Pablo Duarte: 1.3 mi
- Giant Troll Mrs Skipper: 1.3 mi
- The Falconer: 0.9 mi
- Marconi Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Lions Memorial: 1.3 mi
- The Fighting Gladiator: 1.3 mi
- Haitian Independence Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Boyden Heights Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
- Annawamscutt Brook: 2.9 mi
- Annawamscutt Brook: 2.9 mi
- Annawamscutt Brook: 2.9 mi
- Annawamscutt Brook: 2.9 mi
- Fort Hill: 2.5 mi
- Primrose Hill: 3.3 mi
- Rocky Hill: 3.6 mi
- Sockanosset Hill: 3.9 mi
- Slate Hill: 4.4 mi
- Roger Williams Botanical Center: 0.9 mi
- Temple to Music: 1.2 mi
- Roger Williams Park Carousel: 1.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 1.3 mi
- Soaring Eagle Zip Ride: 1.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.1 mi
- Longmeadow Beach: 5.4 mi
- Buttonwoods Beach: 6.6 mi
- Warren Town Beach: 6.7 mi
- Twin Rivers Beach East: 7.5 mi
- Roger Williams Park Garden: 0.9 mi
- Janes Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Brown University Student Garden: 3.2 mi
- The Frank Kellerman Memorial Garden: 3.4 mi
- Radeke Garden: 3.4 mi
- Site #36: 9.1 mi
- Little Beach: 12.7 mi
- Big Beach: 13.0 mi
- 4: 15.7 mi
- 3: 15.7 mi
- Tree Point Rocks: 6.4 mi
- Tomato Boulder: 8.5 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 8.5 mi
- Iron Cross Boulder: 8.5 mi
- Warm Up Cave: 8.5 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 7.8 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 8.0 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 10.1 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 11.5 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 11.5 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 9.3 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 9.4 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 11.5 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 14.6 mi
- The Falls: 18.3 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 3.7 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 9.6 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 17.2 mi
- Beavertail Light: 22.7 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Edgewood Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Landfill | WNW 286° | 210 m | 7.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | WNW 289° | 174 m | 8.9 mi |
| Peck Hill | W 281° | 167 m | 8.9 mi |
| Bald Hill | W 267° | 161 m | 8.5 mi |
| Horn Hill | W 273° | 154 m | 8.5 mi |
| Wolf Hill | NW 317° | 144 m | 10.4 mi |
| Lawton Hill | W 275° | 141 m | 7.8 mi |
| Sickkibunkiaut Hill | WNW 300° | 137 m | 9.9 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 | 20:25 |
| 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, 4 mi away.
Mean tidal range 4.35 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Pawtuxet, Pawtuxet Cove, RI, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357264686
Day trips start here
- Providence/South Providence · 2 mi
- Cranston · 3 mi
- East Providence · 3 mi
- Providence/Downtown · 3 mi
- Providence/Fox Point · 3 mi
- Seekonk · 3 mi
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