- Elevation
- 17 m
- Tallest summit within 24.6 miles
- Coon Hill100 m · 23.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Ministerial Road17.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:23local time
- Coordinates
- 41.1516, -71.5728
Mohegan Bluffs is a cliff in Rhode Island, at a recorded 17 m. Coon Hill stands 100 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Vaill Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Ministerial Road passes 17 miles off.
Named for a Native American battle dating to 1590, where 40 members of a Mohegan raiding party were said to have been driven off the cliffs to their deaths by the Manisseans, the victorious natives of the island.
- Elevation
- 17 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Mohegan Bluffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coon Hill | NNW 338° | 100 m | 23.3 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | N 3° | 97 m | 24.5 mi |
| Wilbur Hill | N 351° | 88 m | 23.8 mi |
| Sherman Hill | N 7° | 88 m | 24.6 mi |
| Shannock Hill | N 351° | 82 m | 21.7 mi |
| Kenyon Hill | NNW 345° | 81 m | 24.2 mi |
| Tefft Hill | N 5° | 78 m | 21.7 mi |
| Mount Moriah | NW 324° | 77 m | 21.8 mi |
- 17.0 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 20.3 mi off the Shannock Road
- 23.4 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 28.3 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
Named places within 25 miles
- Pilot Hill: 0.7 mi
- Plover Hill: 1.2 mi
- Sunset Hill: 1.2 mi
- Cherry Tree Hill: 1.3 mi
- Harbor Hill: 1.3 mi
- Veterans Park: 2.0 mi
- Ball O'Brien Park: 2.1 mi
- Compass Rose: 15.2 mi
- Rose Nulman Park: 15.3 mi
- South Kingstown Town Beach: 15.5 mi
- Rodman's Hollow Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Boiling Spring: 1.6 mi
- Galilee Bird Sanctuary: 16.0 mi
- South Shore Management Area: 16.2 mi
- Kimball Refuge: 16.4 mi
- Point Judith Fishermens's Memorial: 15.2 mi
- PS3 Gill: 15.2 mi
- U.S. Merchant Mariners and U.S. Navy Armed Guard: 15.8 mi
- Montauk Point Lighthouse: 15.8 mi
- Amistad Memorial: 15.8 mi
- Vaill Beach: 0.2 mi
- Monhegan Bluffs Beach: 0.6 mi
- Pebbly Beach: 1.6 mi
- Sam Ferretti Blue Shutters Town Beach: 14.5 mi
- East Beach: 14.5 mi
- Block Island Historical Society Museum: 1.6 mi
- Frosty Drew Memorial Nature Center: 15.6 mi
- Montauk Lighthouse Museum: 15.8 mi
- International Museum of World War II: 20.2 mi
- South County Museum: 20.7 mi
- Hellcat Propeller: 16.0 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 17.9 mi
- Amsterdam Beach Trail: 18.2 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 18.4 mi
- Bass Rock Road Waterfront: 18.5 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 1.1 mi
- Block Island Southeast Light: 1.1 mi
- Block Island South East Light: 1.1 mi
- Oil Shed: 18.2 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 18.2 mi
- Rebecca at the Well: 1.6 mi
- Giant Troll Erik Rock: 15.6 mi
- Lost At Sea: 15.8 mi
- Giant Troll Greta Granit: 15.9 mi
- Ninigret Statue: 18.4 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 20.1 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 23.4 mi
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 23.5 mi
- The Blue Garden: 24.8 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 15.7 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 15.9 mi
- Factory Pond: 16.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:37 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 18 mi away.
Day trips start here
- Block Island · 2 mi
- Charlestown · 16 mi
- East Matunuck · 16 mi
- Matunuck · 16 mi
- Watch Hill · 18 mi
- Wakefield · 20 mi
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