Beach · Rhode Island
Flynns Beach
Flynns Beach is a beach in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 120 m. Wood Hill stands 277 m to the west-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring Lake Beach, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 120 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.98176, -71.66118
- 12.3 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 15.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 15.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 18.2 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Lookout Point · 18 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 20 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Oakland Mill: 1.8 mi
- Crash Site Monument: 6.2 mi
- Six Toes trail marker: 6.3 mi
- Taft - Main House: 7.4 mi
- Bryant Archway: 7.6 mi
Artworks
- Statue of Hachikō: 7.7 mi
- Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 14.9 mi
- McGlynn Sculpture Court: 15.2 mi
- Monsignor Cavallaro: 16.3 mi
- The Independent Man: 16.4 mi
Peaks
- Snake Hill: 2.2 mi
- Oak Hill: 2.4 mi
- Den Hill: 3.1 mi
- Cooper Hill: 3.2 mi
- Gazza Hill: 3.4 mi
Museums: 56
- Gloucester Light Infantry Militia Armory: 4.8 mi
- Dorr Rebellion Museum: 5.1 mi
- Museum of Work and Culture: 7.5 mi
- Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center: 8.9 mi
- Thompson Historical Society: 10.6 mi
Parks: 55
- Harrisville Fishing Area: 1.2 mi
- Firefighter's Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Burrillville Town Common: 1.4 mi
- Hauser Field: 2.8 mi
- Granite Mill Park: 2.8 mi
Attractions: 41
- Fat Man's Misery: 10.5 mi
- Devil's Corncrib: 10.5 mi
- Cumberlandite: 10.6 mi
- Crazy Corners: 12.9 mi
- Teetering Rock: 15.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Spring Lake Beach: 0.3 mi
- Black Hut State Management Area: 0.5 mi
- Hale Swamp: 2.3 mi
- Chockalog Swamp Natural Heritage Area: 3.0 mi
- Mansfield Pond: 4.8 mi
Beaches: 30
- YWCA Beach: 0.3 mi
- Spring Lake Beach: 0.4 mi
- Wescott Beach: 6.8 mi
- Steers Beach: 8.0 mi
- Memorial Beach: 9.1 mi
Gardens: 25
- Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 8.6 mi
- Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 8.6 mi
- Rain Gardens: 13.6 mi
- Manton Bend Community Garden: 15.7 mi
- Garden of Heroes: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Woodward's Rock: 5.7 mi
- Pond Cave: 12.7 mi
- Fatboy Boulder: 12.8 mi
- Lower Heart: 13.0 mi
- Warm Up Cave: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Cascade Brook Falls: 8.5 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 13.1 mi
- Cargill Falls: 13.6 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 20.3 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Thirsty Beaver: 9.7 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 11.4 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 11.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.1 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- 16-34: 17.8 mi
- Picnic: 21.8 mi
- Little Beach: 24.3 mi
- Big Beach: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Roger Williams Spring: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Bara-Hack: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Flynns Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Hill | WNW 300° | 277 m | 9.2 mi |
| Durfee Hill | SW 214° | 244 m | 7.5 mi |
| Whites Hill | SW 219° | 240 m | 9.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | SW 216° | 235 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Daniels | WNW 294° | 231 m | 7.9 mi |
| Benson Mountain | W 276° | 226 m | 7.0 mi |
| Wadkin Hill | NW 310° | 224 m | 6.6 mi |
| Chopmist Hill | S 183° | 223 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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 | 28 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357264890
Day trips start here
- Burrillville · 1 mi
- Glocester · 6 mi
- North Smithfield · 6 mi
- Blackstone · 7 mi
- Smithfield · 7 mi
- Woonsocket · 8 mi
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