Grimmells Beach
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
- 1.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 2.6 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 7.2 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 13.6 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 12 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Lookout Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Herreshoff Marine Museum: 3.6 mi
- Pokanoket Tribal lands: 3.9 mi
- Bristol County Courthouse: 4.0 mi
- Bristol Historical and Preservation Society Museum: 4.0 mi
- Bristol Train of Artillery Museum: 4.1 mi
- 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
- Island Park Beach: 0.4 mi
- Teddy Beach: 0.5 mi
- Grinnell's Beach: 0.8 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 5.0 mi
- Juniper Trail Beach: 5.5 mi
- 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
- Butts Hill: 1.3 mi
- Lehigh Hill: 1.8 mi
- Jiley Hill: 2.2 mi
- Ferry Hill: 2.5 mi
- Turkey Hill: 2.5 mi
- 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
- Blithewold Manor, Gardens & Arboretum: 2.9 mi
- Burnside Memorial Building: 4.1 mi
- Newport Polo: 4.7 mi
- Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum: 6.6 mi
- Battleship Cove: 6.7 mi
- Highland Woods: 1.2 mi
- Fort Barton/Sin And Flesh Brook Natural Area: 1.4 mi
- Emilie Ruecker Wildlife Refuge: 2.3 mi
- Seapowet Marsh Management Area: 2.5 mi
- Pocassett Highlands: 2.5 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 8.3 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 8.3 mi
- Woodcart Garden: 10.0 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 11.7 mi
- The Blue Garden: 12.3 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 2.3 mi
- Usher Rocks: 4.1 mi
- Tree Point Rocks: 7.6 mi
- The Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Marys Seat: 10.2 mi
- 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
- Plum Point Spring: 11.7 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 11.9 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 17.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 20.9 mi
- Factory Pond: 25.0 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 12.1 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 12.4 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 24.9 mi
- Beavertail Light: 14.9 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 14.9 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 17.0 mi
- Big Beach: 16.8 mi
- Little Beach: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Grimmells Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Hill | WNW 285° | 113 m | 14.3 mi |
| Copicut Hill | NE 52° | 109 m | 11.1 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | NE 42° | 95 m | 2.8 mi |
| Slate Hill | SSW 198° | 87 m | 6.0 mi |
| Cook Hill | NE 38° | 85 m | 3.4 mi |
| Drum Rock Hill | WNW 287° | 82 m | 12.6 mi |
| Townsend Hill | NNE 33° | 77 m | 4.2 mi |
| Hammond Hill | WSW 239° | 73 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:34 | 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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
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 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357259621
Day trips start here
- Tiverton · 1 mi
- Portsmouth · 2 mi
- Newport County · 4 mi
- Bristol · 5 mi
- Bristol County · 6 mi
- Fall River · 7 mi
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