Block Island Southeast Light
Block Island Southeast Light is a lighthouse in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Pine Hill stands 110 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Southeast Lighthouse, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Ministerial Road passes 17 miles off.
The story
Block Island Southeast Light is a lighthouse located on Mohegan Bluffs at the southeastern corner of Block Island, Rhode Island. It was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1997 as one of the most architecturally sophisticated lighthouses built in the United States in the 19th century.
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Dates from 1875.
Wikidata Q4356900, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1874
- Height
- 79.5 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Coast Guard
How to reach it
- 16.8 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 20.3 mi off the Shannock Road
- 23.9 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 27.6 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
Named places within 25 miles
- Pilot Hill: 0.6 mi
- Harbor Hill: 0.7 mi
- Sunset Hill: 1.4 mi
- Cherry Tree Hill: 2.2 mi
- Plover Hill: 2.3 mi
- Veterans Park: 2.3 mi
- Ball O'Brien Park: 2.4 mi
- Compass Rose: 14.8 mi
- Rose Nulman Park: 14.9 mi
- South Kingstown Town Beach: 15.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 1.1 mi
- Rodman's Hollow Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Galilee Bird Sanctuary: 15.6 mi
- South Shore Management Area: 16.1 mi
- Kimball Refuge: 16.7 mi
- PS3 Gill: 14.8 mi
- Point Judith Fishermens's Memorial: 14.8 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 16.2 mi
- Charlestown Naval Auxillary Landing Field Memorial: 16.2 mi
- General Stanton Monument: 16.2 mi
- Monhegan Bluffs Beach: 0.6 mi
- Pebbly Beach: 0.9 mi
- Vaill Beach: 1.1 mi
- East Beach: 14.9 mi
- Sam Ferretti Blue Shutters Town Beach: 14.9 mi
- Block Island Historical Society Museum: 1.5 mi
- Frosty Drew Memorial Nature Center: 15.9 mi
- Montauk Lighthouse Museum: 16.9 mi
- International Museum of World War II: 19.9 mi
- South County Museum: 20.3 mi
- Hellcat Propeller: 16.2 mi
- Bass Rock Road Waterfront: 18.1 mi
- Newton Avenue Waterfront: 18.5 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 18.6 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 19.2 mi
- Rebecca at the Well: 1.3 mi
- Giant Troll Erik Rock: 15.8 mi
- Giant Troll Greta Granit: 16.1 mi
- Lost At Sea: 16.8 mi
- Ninigret Statue: 19.2 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 0.0 mi
- Block Island South East Light: 0.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 19.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 19.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 19.0 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 1.1 mi
- Clay Head: 4.4 mi
- Lion Head: 22.5 mi
- Rams Head: 23.4 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 20.7 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 23.2 mi
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 23.3 mi
- The Blue Garden: 24.2 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 15.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 16.1 mi
- Factory Pond: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Block Island Southeast Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill | N 352° | 110 m | 24.7 mi |
| Coon Hill | NNW 335° | 100 m | 23.7 mi |
| Wilbur Hill | N 349° | 88 m | 23.8 mi |
| Sherman Hill | N 5° | 88 m | 24.3 mi |
| Shannock Hill | NNW 348° | 82 m | 21.8 mi |
| Kenyon Hill | NNW 343° | 81 m | 24.3 mi |
| Tefft Hill | N 2° | 78 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount Moriah | NW 322° | 77 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 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).
Climate normals
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, 19 mi away.
Mean tidal range 2.85 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Block Island (Old Harbor), RI, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 97001264OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1015249396
Day trips start here
- Block Island · 2 mi
- East Matunuck · 15 mi
- Matunuck · 16 mi
- Charlestown · 17 mi
- Watch Hill · 19 mi
- South Kingstown · 20 mi
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