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Grimmells Beach

Grimmells Beach from directly overhead

Grimmells Beach is a beach in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Spencer Hill stands 113 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Island Park Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.4 miles off.

The story

beach in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States

Wikidata Q49320866, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.62232, -71.22894

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Historic sites
  • Founder's Brook Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Fort Butts Revolutionary War Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Patriots Park: 2.1 mi
  • Latham Cornell Monument: 3.8 mi
  • U.S. Coast Guard: 3.9 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Mt. Hope Park: 1.6 mi
  • Pheasant Drive Public Access Point: 1.7 mi
  • Low Lane Public Access: 2.6 mi
  • Green Animals Topiary Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Union Street Public Access: 3.8 mi
Artworks: 59
  • Statue of Roger Williams: 2.4 mi
  • The Sky Improvement Society's Home for Troubled Clouds: 4.0 mi
  • Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Ecological Pier: 5.7 mi
  • Wes Jackson Ecological Pier: 5.7 mi
  • John Muir Ecological Pier: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 18
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 9.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 10.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 23.2 mi
  • Thirsty Beaver: 23.6 mi
Springs: 5
Waterfalls: 4
Lighthouses: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Big Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Little Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Site #36: 22.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Grimmells Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spencer HillWNW 285°113 m14.3 mi
Copicut HillNE 52°109 m11.1 mi
Pocasset HillNE 42°95 m2.8 mi
Slate HillSSW 198°87 m6.0 mi
Cook HillNE 38°85 m3.4 mi
Drum Rock HillWNW 287°82 m12.6 mi
Townsend HillNNE 33°77 m4.2 mi
Townsend HillNNE 33°77 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2118:57
June solstice05:1219:4120:23
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:0915:3416:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506069757467554536
Precip in4.03.85.64.53.63.73.03.83.94.54.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tiverton, 1 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Nannaquaket Neck, RI, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357259621

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