Chepstow
Chepstow is a museum in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Yorker Hill stands 98 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Newport Mansions Preservation Society, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
Chepstow is an Italianate house located at 120 Narragansett Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, built in 1860. It originally served as a summer "cottage", but the Preservation Society of Newport County now operates the property as a house museum. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Ochre Point-Cliffs Historic District in 1975 and within the Historic District of the City of Newport.
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Wikidata Q5091728, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 1.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 12.2 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 12.7 mi off the Ministerial Road
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 19 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Elms Mansion: 0.2 mi
- Isaac Bell House: 0.3 mi
- Chateau-sur-Mer Mansion: 0.3 mi
- Kingscote Mansion: 0.4 mi
- Audrain Auto Museum: 0.4 mi
- Freebody Park: 0.4 mi
- Spencer Park: 0.6 mi
- Touro Park: 0.7 mi
- King Park: 0.8 mi
- Murphy Field: 0.8 mi
- Oliver Perry Monument: 1.1 mi
- Fort Adams: 1.7 mi
- Archibald Gracie Lawence memorial stone: 2.0 mi
- USS Bennington Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Northwest Gun Mount: 2.4 mi
- Bliss Hill: 2.2 mi
- Miantonomi Hill: 2.4 mi
- Beacon Hill: 2.5 mi
- Fort Wetherill: 2.8 mi
- Castle Hill: 3.1 mi
- Racquet Road Wildlife Refuge: 3.1 mi
- Marsh Meadows Wildlife Preserve: 4.2 mi
- High Hill Point: 6.8 mi
- Wilbour Woods: 6.8 mi
- John C. Whitehead Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Belmont Beach: 0.7 mi
- King Park Beach: 0.7 mi
- Easton's Beach: 1.0 mi
- Atlantic Beach: 1.3 mi
- Gooseberry Beach: 1.4 mi
- Matthew Perry Monument: 0.7 mi
- Channing Truro Statue: 0.7 mi
- Rochambeau Statue and Monument: 0.9 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 9.5 mi
- Rhody the Ram: 11.4 mi
- Newport Mansions Preservation Society: 0.2 mi
- Newport Cliff Walk – Forty Steps: 0.4 mi
- International Tennis Hall of Fame: 0.5 mi
- Breakers Stable & Carriage House: 0.5 mi
- Old Colony House: 1.1 mi
- The Blue Garden: 1.8 mi
- Herb Garden: 5.4 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 6.5 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 7.1 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 11.6 mi
- Marys Seat: 0.7 mi
- The Bluff: 1.9 mi
- Rams Head: 3.2 mi
- Lion Head: 4.7 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 12.1 mi
- Big Beach: 16.9 mi
- Little Beach: 17.1 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 20.0 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 20.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.7 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 20.2 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 20.4 mi
- Beavertail Light: 5.2 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 5.2 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 22.4 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 7.0 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 14.2 mi
- Factory Pond: 16.4 mi
- The Falls: 7.7 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 14.6 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Chepstow. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorker Hill | WNW 286° | 98 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | W 279° | 97 m | 12.9 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | NNE 26° | 95 m | 13.5 mi |
| Sherman Hill | W 280° | 88 m | 11.0 mi |
| Slate Hill | NNE 25° | 87 m | 4.9 mi |
| Cook Hill | NNE 25° | 85 m | 14.2 mi |
| Tefft Hill | W 266° | 78 m | 12.1 mi |
| Congdon Hill | WNW 290° | 75 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:35 | 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 | 33 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport Rose, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/617467963
Day trips start here
- Newport · 1 mi
- Brenton Point State Park · 3 mi
- Middletown · 3 mi
- Dutch Island · 5 mi
- Jamestown · 5 mi
- Little Compton · 7 mi
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