Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach is a beach in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Casey Hill stands 138 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Jamestown Bridge west pylon, a historic site 2.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 7 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 6.2 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 7.0 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
- 9.2 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 14 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Windmill Hill: 2.6 mi
- Barber Heights: 2.9 mi
- Freebody Hill: 3.4 mi
- Stook Hill: 3.7 mi
- Shady Lea: 4.2 mi
- Sydney L Wright Memorial Museum of Indian Artifacts: 3.9 mi
- Jamestown Museum: 4.0 mi
- Jamestown Fire Department Memorial Museum: 4.0 mi
- Founders Hall: 4.3 mi
- Seabee Museum: 5.0 mi
- Compass Rose Beach: 2.8 mi
- Taylor Point Lookout: 3.3 mi
- Casey Farm: 3.4 mi
- Liberty Park: 3.6 mi
- Jamestown Town Cemetery: 3.9 mi
- Old Jamestown Bridge west pylon: 2.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Anchor Park: 4.3 mi
- Northwest Gun Mount: 4.5 mi
- Miantonomi Memorial Park Tower: 4.9 mi
- Giant Troll Iver Mudslider: 5.4 mi
- Channing Truro Statue: 6.1 mi
- Matthew Perry Monument: 6.1 mi
- Rochambeau Statue and Monument: 6.2 mi
- Heritage Art Gallery and Glass Studio: 7.4 mi
- Compass Rose Beach: 2.8 mi
- Girl Scout Camp beach: 4.0 mi
- Mackerel Cove Beach: 4.4 mi
- Old Salt Work Beach: 5.1 mi
- Calf Pasture Point Beach: 5.3 mi
- Marsh Meadows Wildlife Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Racquet Road Wildlife Refuge: 4.8 mi
- DelVecchio Farm: 5.5 mi
- Hunt River Glen: 6.7 mi
- Potowomut Conservation Easement: 7.0 mi
- Jamestown Golf Course: 3.4 mi
- Save The Bay’s Hamilton Family Aquarium: 5.6 mi
- Old Colony House: 5.7 mi
- International Tennis Hall of Fame: 6.3 mi
- Newport Mansions Preservation Society: 6.7 mi
- The Blue Garden: 6.7 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 8.6 mi
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 8.7 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 10.8 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 11.4 mi
- Rams Head: 6.4 mi
- Marys Seat: 6.6 mi
- Lion Head: 6.7 mi
- The Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Usher Rocks: 8.9 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 7.9 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 8.2 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 19.8 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 22.1 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 22.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 14.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.7 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 16.5 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 16.7 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 23.6 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 2.3 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 7.5 mi
- Factory Pond: 15.7 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 19.2 mi
- Big Beach: 10.3 mi
- Little Beach: 10.6 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 19.2 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 19.2 mi
- Beavertail Light: 7.2 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 7.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Sunset Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Hill | W 277° | 138 m | 11.1 mi |
| Shrub Hill | WNW 287° | 125 m | 9.5 mi |
| Andrews Hill | NW 316° | 116 m | 10.2 mi |
| Spencer Hill | NNW 326° | 113 m | 10.3 mi |
| Yorker Hill | WSW 257° | 98 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | WSW 249° | 97 m | 9.2 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | NE 55° | 95 m | 12.2 mi |
| Saw Mill Hill | NW 318° | 95 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:42 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 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, 4 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Conanicut Point, RI, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357260112
Day trips start here
- Jamestown · 2 mi
- Dutch Island · 3 mi
- North Kingstown · 3 mi
- Quonset Point · 3 mi
- Wickford · 4 mi
- Middletown · 6 mi
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