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YWCA Beach

YWCA Beach from directly overhead

YWCA Beach is a beach in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 121 m. Wood Hill stands 277 m to the west-northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Flynns Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Great and Breakneck Hill Roads passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

beach in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States

Wikidata Q49325383, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
121 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.98426, -71.66618

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Black Hut State Management Area: 0.4 mi
  • Spring Lake Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Spring Lake Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Spring Lake Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Black Hut State Management Area: 0.7 mi
Parks
  • Harrisville Fishing Area: 1.1 mi
  • Firefighter's Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Burrillville Town Common: 1.4 mi
  • Hauser Field: 2.6 mi
  • Granite Mill Park: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Oakland Mill: 2.1 mi
  • Crash Site Monument: 6.1 mi
  • Six Toes trail marker: 6.1 mi
  • Taft - Main House: 7.4 mi
  • Bryant Archway: 7.9 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Statue of Hachikō: 8.0 mi
  • Statue: 13.0 mi
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 15.2 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 15.5 mi
  • Monsignor Cavallaro: 16.7 mi
Attractions
  • Fat Man's Misery: 10.2 mi
  • Devil's Corncrib: 10.2 mi
  • Cumberlandite: 10.8 mi
  • Crazy Corners: 13.1 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 15.5 mi
Museums: 56
Beaches: 30
Gardens: 26
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Rain Gardens: 13.9 mi
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Garden of Heroes: 16.7 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 12.9 mi
  • 1: 18.0 mi
  • 36: 18.0 mi
  • 2: 18.1 mi
  • 16-34: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 20.4 mi
  • Payne's Pond Falls: 25.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Thirsty Beaver: 10.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 11.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 11.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Roger Williams Spring: 16.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of YWCA Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wood HillWNW 300°277 m8.9 mi
Durfee HillSSW 212°244 m7.5 mi
Whites HillSW 217°240 m9.3 mi
Pine HillSW 214°235 m8.6 mi
Mount DanielsWNW 294°231 m7.6 mi
Benson MountainW 275°226 m6.7 mi
Wadkin HillNW 310°224 m6.3 mi
Chopmist HillS 181°223 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1219:4420:26
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1215:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138495968747265534334
Precip in4.43.74.94.73.64.33.64.04.25.14.25.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woonsocket, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357267775

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