Old Salt Work Beach
Old Salt Work Beach is a beach in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Casey Hill stands 138 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Observation Post, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
Beach in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.
Wikidata Q49322356, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 7 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 4.9 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 9.8 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 10.4 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 19 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jamestown Fire Department Memorial Museum: 1.2 mi
- Jamestown Museum: 1.3 mi
- Sydney L Wright Memorial Museum of Indian Artifacts: 1.3 mi
- Hunter House: 2.2 mi
- The Sailing Museum: 2.3 mi
- Fort Wetherill State Park: 0.2 mi
- Jamestown Town Cemetery: 1.3 mi
- Daughters of the American Revolution Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Conanicut Battery National Historic Park: 1.7 mi
- Fort Getty Park: 1.9 mi
- Fort Wetherill: 0.3 mi
- Castle Hill: 1.3 mi
- Freebody Hill: 1.8 mi
- Fox Hill: 2.1 mi
- Windmill Hill: 2.5 mi
- Observation Post: 0.1 mi
- Battery Varnum: 0.3 mi
- Fort Wetherill: 0.4 mi
- USS Bennington Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Fort Adams: 1.2 mi
- Rochambeau Statue and Monument: 2.0 mi
- Channing Truro Statue: 2.6 mi
- Matthew Perry Monument: 2.6 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 7.0 mi
- Rhody the Ram: 8.6 mi
- Mackerel Cove Beach: 1.3 mi
- Collins Beach: 1.5 mi
- Castle Hill Beach: 1.5 mi
- King Park Beach: 2.2 mi
- Hazard Beach: 2.4 mi
- Racquet Road Wildlife Refuge: 0.4 mi
- Marsh Meadows Wildlife Preserve: 2.1 mi
- High Hill Point: 8.8 mi
- Fogland Marsh Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Donavan Marsh: 9.2 mi
- Jamestown Golf Course: 1.8 mi
- Save The Bay’s Hamilton Family Aquarium: 2.3 mi
- Old Colony House: 2.5 mi
- International Tennis Hall of Fame: 2.7 mi
- Breakers Stable & Carriage House: 2.7 mi
- The Blue Garden: 1.8 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 8.7 mi
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 8.8 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 9.2 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 9.8 mi
- Rams Head: 1.4 mi
- Lion Head: 2.4 mi
- Marys Seat: 3.3 mi
- The Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 12.6 mi
- Beavertail Light: 3.0 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 3.0 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 24.8 mi
- Block Island Southeast Light: 24.8 mi
- Block Island South East Light: 24.8 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 4.6 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 12.5 mi
- Factory Pond: 13.9 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 24.3 mi
- Big Beach: 14.6 mi
- Little Beach: 14.8 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 17.5 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 17.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.9 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 20.5 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 20.7 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 12.9 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 13.2 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Old Salt Work Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Hill | WNW 297° | 138 m | 13.8 mi |
| Shrub Hill | NW 307° | 125 m | 12.9 mi |
| Pine Hill | W 278° | 110 m | 13.7 mi |
| Yorker Hill | WNW 288° | 98 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | W 280° | 97 m | 10.0 mi |
| Sherman Hill | W 281° | 88 m | 8.1 mi |
| Slate Hill | NE 50° | 87 m | 6.3 mi |
| Drum Rock Hill | NNW 339° | 82 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:35 | 16:19 |
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 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport Rose, 1 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Castle Hill, RI, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357258386
Day trips start here
- Brenton Point State Park · 2 mi
- Newport · 2 mi
- Dutch Island · 3 mi
- Jamestown · 3 mi
- Middletown · 4 mi
- Narragansett · 5 mi
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