Rough Point Museum
Rough Point Museum is a museum in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Yorker Hill stands 98 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Rough Point Mansion, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 3.2 miles off.
The story
Mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Wikidata Q7370843, matched on coordinates and name (20 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Newport Restoration Foundation
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 2.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 12.8 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 13.6 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 21 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Belcourt of Newport: 0.2 mi
- Marble House: 0.5 mi
- Rosecliff Mansion: 0.7 mi
- National Museum of American Illustration: 1.0 mi
- The Breakers: 1.1 mi
- Rovensky Park: 0.3 mi
- Murphy Field: 1.1 mi
- Ballard Park: 1.2 mi
- Spencer Park: 1.5 mi
- King Park: 1.7 mi
- Fort Adams: 2.3 mi
- USS Bennington Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Oliver Perry Monument: 2.5 mi
- EgyptAir Flight 990 Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Portuguese Discovery Monument: 2.6 mi
- Castle Hill: 3.0 mi
- Fort Wetherill: 3.1 mi
- Bliss Hill: 3.7 mi
- Miantonomi Hill: 3.8 mi
- Beacon Hill: 4.0 mi
- Racquet Road Wildlife Refuge: 3.7 mi
- Marsh Meadows Wildlife Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Wilbour Woods: 7.2 mi
- John C. Whitehead Preserve: 7.5 mi
- High Hill Point: 7.9 mi
- Rejects Beach: 0.3 mi
- Bailey Beach: 0.4 mi
- Belmont Beach: 0.8 mi
- Gooseberry Beach: 0.9 mi
- Hazard Beach: 1.0 mi
- Rough Point Mansion: 0.0 mi
- Breakers Stable & Carriage House: 1.0 mi
- Newport Mansions Preservation Society: 1.4 mi
- Newport Cliff Walk – Forty Steps: 1.5 mi
- International Tennis Hall of Fame: 1.9 mi
- Rochambeau Statue and Monument: 1.7 mi
- Matthew Perry Monument: 2.1 mi
- Channing Truro Statue: 2.1 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 9.2 mi
- Rhody the Ram: 11.6 mi
- The Blue Garden: 1.7 mi
- Herb Garden: 6.8 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 7.1 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 7.8 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 11.7 mi
- Marys Seat: 2.0 mi
- The Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Rams Head: 3.0 mi
- Lion Head: 4.4 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 13.5 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 4.9 mi
- Beavertail Light: 4.9 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 23.0 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 24.5 mi
- Block Island Southeast Light: 24.5 mi
- Big Beach: 17.9 mi
- Little Beach: 18.1 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 19.5 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 19.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.1 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 21.6 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 21.9 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 7.9 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 15.5 mi
- Factory Pond: 15.9 mi
- The Falls: 8.3 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 15.8 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Rough Point Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorker Hill | WNW 292° | 98 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | WNW 285° | 97 m | 13.2 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | NNE 23° | 95 m | 14.8 mi |
| Sherman Hill | WNW 288° | 88 m | 11.3 mi |
| Slate Hill | NNE 19° | 87 m | 6.2 mi |
| Tefft Hill | W 273° | 78 m | 12.1 mi |
| Congdon Hill | WNW 298° | 75 m | 10.6 mi |
| Exeter Hill | WNW 303° | 75 m | 14.4 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1225567916
Day trips start here
- Newport · 2 mi
- Brenton Point State Park · 3 mi
- Middletown · 4 mi
- Dutch Island · 6 mi
- Jamestown · 6 mi
- Narragansett · 7 mi
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