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Clay Head

Clay Head, seen from above at true elevation

Clay Head is a cliff in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Pine Hill stands 110 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bush Lot Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Ministerial Road passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.21677, -71.55533
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bush Lot Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Beach Plum Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Gunners Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Jobs Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Sandy Hill: 3.2 mi
Parks
  • Veterans Park: 2.7 mi
  • Ball O'Brien Park: 2.8 mi
  • Compass Rose: 10.7 mi
  • Rose Nulman Park: 10.8 mi
  • South Kingstown Town Beach: 11.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Boiling Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Rodman's Hollow Nature Preserve: 4.4 mi
  • Galilee Bird Sanctuary: 11.4 mi
  • South Shore Management Area: 11.7 mi
  • Kimball Refuge: 12.8 mi
Historic sites: 52
Museums: 46
Beaches: 40
Artworks: 20
Attractions: 18
Lighthouses: 9
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 11.9 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 12.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Factory Pond: 12.3 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • The Falls: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Clay Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine HillN 350°110 m20.4 mi
Coon HillNNW 330°100 m19.7 mi
Mount PleasantN 1°97 m20.0 mi
Wilbur HillNNW 347°88 m19.5 mi
Sherman HillN 6°88 m20.0 mi
Shannock HillNNW 346°82 m17.5 mi
Kenyon HillNNW 339°81 m20.1 mi
Tefft HillN 3°78 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:58
June solstice05:1419:4220:23
September equinox06:3418:0918:45
December solstice07:0915:3716:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495867747266554638
Precip in3.32.74.23.93.33.52.93.53.84.33.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357255491

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