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Peckham Beach

Peckham Beach from directly overhead

Peckham Beach is a beach in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Yorker Hill stands 98 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Barker Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 0.3 miles off.

The story

beach in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States

Wikidata Q49322496, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.51844, -71.23199

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Barker Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Slate Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Windmill Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Simmons Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Bliss Hill: 3.6 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Albro Woods: 2.1 mi
  • Paradise Valley Park: 2.3 mi
  • CAMARA - "The Ponderosa": 2.8 mi
  • Purgatory Chasm: 2.9 mi
  • Middletown Valley Park: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 60
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks: 56
Attractions: 47
Gardens: 19
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 17.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 17.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Big Beach: 18.4 mi
  • Little Beach: 18.6 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 24.6 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Peckham Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Yorker HillW 272°98 m15.8 mi
Pocasset HillNNE 13°95 m9.5 mi
Sherman HillW 266°88 m14.6 mi
Slate HillNW 311°87 m2.3 mi
Cook HillNNE 13°85 m10.1 mi
Townsend HillNNE 13°77 m11.0 mi
Townsend HillNNE 13°77 m11.1 mi
Congdon HillW 273°75 m13.2 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 solstice07:0915:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313238475766727165554537
Precip in3.22.84.63.83.03.42.93.43.44.13.83.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport State AP, 3 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Sachuest, Flint Point, RI, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357259937

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