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Southeast Lighthouse

Southeast Lighthouse, seen from above at true elevation

Southeast Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Coon Hill stands 100 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Block Island Southeast Light, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Ministerial Road passes 17 miles off.

The story

lighthouse in Rhode Island, United States

Dates from 1875.

Wikidata Q4356900, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Built
1874

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.15349, -71.55213

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Parks: 56
  • 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
Nature reserves: 53
  • 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
Historic sites: 33
Museums: 12
Attractions: 11
  • 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
Lighthouses: 8
Artworks: 8
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 15.9 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 16.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Factory Pond: 16.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Southeast Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Coon HillNNW 335°100 m23.7 mi
Mount PleasantN 0°97 m24.4 mi
Wilbur HillN 349°88 m23.8 mi
Sherman HillN 5°88 m24.3 mi
Shannock HillNNW 348°82 m21.8 mi
Kenyon HillNNW 343°81 m24.3 mi
Tefft HillN 2°78 m21.5 mi
Mount MoriahNW 322°77 m22.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:58
June solstice05:1419:4120:23
September equinox06:3418:0918:45
December solstice07:0915:3716:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 19 mi away.

Mean tidal range 2.85 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Block Island (Old Harbor), RI, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 97001264OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/555526366

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