Sandy Beach
Sandy Beach is a beach in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Central Landfill stands 210 m to the northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Warwick Skate Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 6.4 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 6.6 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 10.5 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 3 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 9 mi
- Lookout Point · 21 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Warwick Skate Park: 0.7 mi
- Bennett Street Public Right of Way: 0.8 mi
- Winslow Field: 1.6 mi
- Masonic - Shriners Family Center: 1.7 mi
- Conimicut Point Park: 2.6 mi
- Warwick Museum of Art: 2.5 mi
- Warwick Center for the Arts: 2.6 mi
- Varnum Memorial Armory: 3.6 mi
- Pawtuxet Rangers Armory: 4.0 mi
- Temple to Music: 5.2 mi
- Varnum House Museum: 3.7 mi
- Armory of the Kentish Guards: 3.8 mi
- Lions Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Station Fire Memorial: 5.5 mi
- The Falconer: 5.6 mi
- Sri Chinmoy: 4.7 mi
- Heritage Art Gallery and Glass Studio: 5.2 mi
- Ferdinand II: 5.4 mi
- The Pancratiast: 5.4 mi
- Pineapple: 5.5 mi
- Drum Rock Hill: 3.5 mi
- Bald Hill: 4.1 mi
- Slate Hill: 4.2 mi
- Spencer Hill: 5.0 mi
- Sockanosset Hill: 5.3 mi
- Buttonwoods Beach: 1.5 mi
- Longmeadow Beach: 2.2 mi
- Edgewood Beach: 5.1 mi
- Calf Pasture Point Beach: 5.4 mi
- Bristol Town Beach: 6.0 mi
- Bleachery Pond State Land: 4.5 mi
- Bleachery Woods: 4.6 mi
- Annawamscutt Brook: 4.7 mi
- Tall Cedars: 4.9 mi
- Lion's Head: 5.2 mi
- Temple to Music: 5.2 mi
- Roger Williams Botanical Center: 5.3 mi
- Roger Williams Park Carousel: 5.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 5.4 mi
- Victorian Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
- Roger Williams Park Garden: 5.5 mi
- Janes Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Brown University Student Garden: 8.2 mi
- Manton Bend Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Radeke Garden: 8.4 mi
- Tree Point Rocks: 6.1 mi
- Usher Rocks: 6.8 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 8.7 mi
- Mack's Traverse: 13.4 mi
- Warm Up Cave: 13.4 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 9.7 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 9.7 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 13.5 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.4 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 4.5 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 4.5 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 14.6 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 15.0 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 18.5 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 4.7 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 8.7 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 12.0 mi
- Factory Pond: 23.9 mi
- Little Beach: 8.8 mi
- Big Beach: 8.9 mi
- 16-34: 21.0 mi
- Beavertail Light: 17.7 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Sandy Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Landfill | NW 317° | 210 m | 9.7 mi |
| Pine Hill | NW 317° | 174 m | 11.0 mi |
| Tunk Hill | WNW 288° | 174 m | 11.6 mi |
| Peck Hill | NW 311° | 167 m | 10.3 mi |
| Horn Hill | NW 306° | 154 m | 9.4 mi |
| Lawton Hill | NW 310° | 141 m | 8.9 mi |
| Burnt Hill | WNW 287° | 131 m | 10.0 mi |
| Rock Hill | W 262° | 131 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:42 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:34 | 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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Providence, 2 mi away.
Mean tidal range 4.06 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station East Greenwich, RI, 3 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357263403
Day trips start here
- Warwick · 1 mi
- Goddard Memorial State Park · 4 mi
- Barrington · 5 mi
- Cranston · 5 mi
- East Greenwich · 5 mi
- Providence/South Providence · 6 mi
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