Cliff · Rhode Island
The Bluff
The Bluff is a cliff in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Yorker Hill stands 98 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Purgatory Chasm, a park 0.2 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 0.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.48399, -71.26949
- 0.5 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 2.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 11.5 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 14.3 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 19 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Purgatory Chasm: 0.2 mi
- Dunlap-Wheeler Park: 0.9 mi
- Paradise Valley Park: 1.1 mi
- Braga Park: 1.6 mi
- Freebody Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
- Archibald Gracie Lawence memorial stone: 0.2 mi
- Oliver Perry Monument: 2.4 mi
- Miantonomi Memorial Park Tower: 2.8 mi
- Anchor Park: 3.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 3.5 mi
Museums
- The Breakers: 1.8 mi
- Chepstow: 1.9 mi
- Newport Art Museum: 2.0 mi
- Audrain Auto Museum: 2.0 mi
- Kingscote Mansion: 2.1 mi
Peaks
- Bliss Hill: 2.3 mi
- Barker Hill: 2.5 mi
- Miantonomi Hill: 2.8 mi
- Beacon Hill: 3.0 mi
- Slate Hill: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Racquet Road Wildlife Refuge: 4.9 mi
- John C. Whitehead Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Wilbour Woods: 4.9 mi
- High Hill Point: 5.2 mi
- Fogland Marsh Preserve: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 59
- Surfer's End: 0.4 mi
- Second Beach: 0.7 mi
- Atlantic Beach: 0.9 mi
- Easton's Beach: 1.2 mi
- Third Beach: 1.2 mi
Artworks: 50
- Matthew Perry Monument: 2.1 mi
- Channing Truro Statue: 2.1 mi
- Rochambeau Statue and Monument: 2.7 mi
- Statue of Roger Williams: 11.4 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 46
- Newport Cliff Walk – Forty Steps: 1.5 mi
- International Tennis Hall of Fame: 2.0 mi
- Newport Mansions Preservation Society: 2.1 mi
- Old Colony House: 2.3 mi
- Breakers Stable & Carriage House: 2.3 mi
Gardens: 15
- The Blue Garden: 3.7 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 4.6 mi
- Herb Garden: 4.9 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 5.2 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 13.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Marys Seat: 1.4 mi
- Rams Head: 5.1 mi
- Lion Head: 6.6 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 11.3 mi
- Usher Rocks: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Big Beach: 18.0 mi
- Little Beach: 18.2 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 21.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 19.4 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 19.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.3 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Beavertail Light: 7.1 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 7.1 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 20.5 mi
Springs: 3
- Plum Point Spring: 8.4 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 14.9 mi
- Factory Pond: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- The Falls: 9.2 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 15.3 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of The Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorker Hill | WNW 282° | 98 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | W 276° | 97 m | 14.7 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | NNE 19° | 95 m | 12.3 mi |
| Sherman Hill | W 276° | 88 m | 12.7 mi |
| Slate Hill | N 3° | 87 m | 3.9 mi |
| Cook Hill | NNE 19° | 85 m | 13.0 mi |
| Tefft Hill | W 264° | 78 m | 14.0 mi |
| Townsend Hill | NNE 19° | 77 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 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 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport State AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357255857
Day trips start here
- Middletown · 2 mi
- Newport · 2 mi
- Brenton Point State Park · 5 mi
- Little Compton · 5 mi
- Jamestown · 6 mi
- Newport County · 6 mi
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