Frank Moody State Beach
Frank Moody State Beach is a beach in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 61 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the southwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Warm Up Cave, a cliff 0.6 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
beach in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
Wikidata Q49320751, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 61 m
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 2.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 5.7 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 13.5 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 4 mi
- Lookout Point · 10 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 10 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cobble Hill: 0.6 mi
- Stump Hill: 0.7 mi
- Jenckes Hill: 1.6 mi
- Windmill Hill: 2.2 mi
- Dexters Ledge: 2.5 mi
- Lincoln Woods State Park: 0.9 mi
- Fairlawn Park: 1.3 mi
- Arnold Park: 1.3 mi
- Ryan Archembault Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Gateway Park: 1.4 mi
- Hearthside House Museum: 1.3 mi
- Captain Wilbur Kelly House Transportation Museum: 3.3 mi
- Johnston Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- Rhode Island Jewish Museum: 3.9 mi
- Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit: 4.1 mi
- Lonsdale Park: 1.6 mi
- Aldrich-Marshall Woods: 2.6 mi
- Geddes Bowen Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Cumberland Monastery: 3.8 mi
- Hirsch Property: 4.0 mi
- Collyer Monument: 2.5 mi
- Liberty Arming the Patriot: 2.7 mi
- Providence College Veritas Flame: 3.1 mi
- Rev. John Cunningham Square: 3.2 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 3.0 mi
- McGlynn Sculpture Court: 3.1 mi
- The Hummingbird Palace: 3.3 mi
- The Independent Man: 4.2 mi
- Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry: 4.2 mi
- Slater Mill: 2.9 mi
- Rhode Island State House Tours: 4.2 mi
- Waterplace Park: 4.4 mi
- Hunt House Root Cellar: 6.3 mi
- Hunts Mill Pump House: 6.3 mi
- Twin Rivers Beach East: 1.8 mi
- Georgiaville Beach: 3.7 mi
- Georgiaville Pond Beach: 3.7 mi
- Mountaindale Beach: 5.1 mi
- Slacks Pond Beach: 6.1 mi
- Site #36: 1.2 mi
- 4: 9.8 mi
- 3: 9.9 mi
- 2: 9.9 mi
- 5: 9.9 mi
- Rain Gardens: 1.7 mi
- Sessions Street Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Brown Street Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Garden of Heroes: 4.2 mi
- J. R. Workman Garden: 4.5 mi
- Warm Up Cave: 0.6 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 0.6 mi
- Iron Cross Boulder: 0.6 mi
- Tomato Boulder: 0.7 mi
- Summit Wall: 0.7 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 3.6 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 3.6 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 5.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 10.9 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 6.8 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 13.9 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 16.2 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 16.4 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 21.5 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 4.3 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 16.7 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Frank Moody State Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Landfill | SW 223° | 210 m | 7.5 mi |
| Woonsocket Hill | NW 316° | 180 m | 8.6 mi |
| Pine Hill | SW 232° | 174 m | 7.6 mi |
| Whortleberry Hill | NW 320° | 169 m | 7.0 mi |
| Nipsachuck Hill | WNW 299° | 167 m | 7.7 mi |
| Peck Hill | SW 227° | 167 m | 8.7 mi |
| Beacon Pole Hill | N 355° | 162 m | 7.3 mi |
| Rocky Hill | NW 308° | 155 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
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, 7 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Pawtucket, Seekonk River, RI, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357264932
Day trips start here
- Central Falls · 2 mi
- Lincoln · 2 mi
- North Providence · 2 mi
- Pawtucket · 3 mi
- Providence/North and East · 3 mi
- Providence/College Hill · 4 mi
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