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Monhegan Bluffs Beach

Monhegan Bluffs Beach from directly overhead

Monhegan Bluffs Beach is a beach in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of -3 m. Coon Hill stands 100 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Vaill Beach, a beach 0.5 miles away. Ministerial Road passes 17 miles off.

The story

beach in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States

Wikidata Q49322067, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
-3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.15032, -71.56230

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Pilot Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Plover Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Cherry Tree Hill: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves: 55
  • Rodman's Hollow Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Galilee Bird Sanctuary: 15.9 mi
  • South Shore Management Area: 16.3 mi
  • Kimball Refuge: 16.7 mi
Parks: 54
  • Veterans Park: 2.2 mi
  • Ball O'Brien Park: 2.3 mi
  • Compass Rose: 15.2 mi
  • Rose Nulman Park: 15.3 mi
  • South Kingstown Town Beach: 15.6 mi
Historic sites: 33
Beaches: 24
Museums: 12
Attractions: 11
  • Hellcat Propeller: 16.2 mi
  • This Old House Westerly House: 18.4 mi
  • Bass Rock Road Waterfront: 18.4 mi
  • Amsterdam Beach Trail: 18.7 mi
  • Newton Avenue Waterfront: 18.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Artworks: 8
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 15.9 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 16.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Factory Pond: 16.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Monhegan Bluffs Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Coon HillNNW 337°100 m23.6 mi
Mount PleasantN 1°97 m24.6 mi
Wilbur HillN 350°88 m24.0 mi
Sherman HillN 6°88 m24.6 mi
Shannock HillN 350°82 m21.9 mi
Kenyon HillNNW 344°81 m24.4 mi
Tefft HillN 3°78 m21.7 mi
Mount MoriahNW 323°77 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:58
June solstice05:1419:4120:23
September equinox06:3418:0918:45
December solstice07:0915:3716:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495867747266554638
Precip in3.32.74.23.93.33.52.93.53.84.33.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 19 mi away.

Mean tidal range 2.85 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Block Island (Old Harbor), RI, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1015437465

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