Monhegan Bluffs Beach
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
- 17.0 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 20.5 mi off the Shannock Road
- 23.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 28.1 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Point Judith Fishermens's Memorial: 15.2 mi
- PS3 Gill: 15.2 mi
- General Stanton Monument: 16.2 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 16.2 mi
- Charlestown Naval Auxillary Landing Field Memorial: 16.2 mi
- Vaill Beach: 0.5 mi
- Pebbly Beach: 1.3 mi
- East Beach: 14.8 mi
- Sam Ferretti Blue Shutters Town Beach: 14.8 mi
- Sam Ferrenti East Beach Town Beach: 14.9 mi
- Block Island Historical Society Museum: 1.6 mi
- Frosty Drew Memorial Nature Center: 15.9 mi
- Montauk Lighthouse Museum: 16.3 mi
- International Museum of World War II: 20.1 mi
- South County Museum: 20.6 mi
- 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
- Block Island South East Light: 0.6 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 0.6 mi
- Block Island Southeast Light: 0.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 18.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 18.7 mi
- Rebecca at the Well: 1.5 mi
- Giant Troll Erik Rock: 15.9 mi
- Giant Troll Greta Granit: 16.2 mi
- Lost At Sea: 16.3 mi
- Ninigret Statue: 18.9 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 0.6 mi
- Clay Head: 4.6 mi
- Lion Head: 22.9 mi
- Rams Head: 23.8 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 20.5 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 23.5 mi
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 23.5 mi
- The Blue Garden: 24.6 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 15.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 16.1 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coon Hill | NNW 337° | 100 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | N 1° | 97 m | 24.6 mi |
| Wilbur Hill | N 350° | 88 m | 24.0 mi |
| Sherman Hill | N 6° | 88 m | 24.6 mi |
| Shannock Hill | N 350° | 82 m | 21.9 mi |
| Kenyon Hill | NNW 344° | 81 m | 24.4 mi |
| Tefft Hill | N 3° | 78 m | 21.7 mi |
| Mount Moriah | NW 323° | 77 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:37 | 16:21 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1015437465
Day trips start here
- Block Island · 2 mi
- East Matunuck · 16 mi
- Matunuck · 16 mi
- Charlestown · 17 mi
- Watch Hill · 19 mi
- Wakefield · 20 mi
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