The Breakers
The Breakers is a museum in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Yorker Hill stands 98 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Belmont Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
Vanderbilt mansion in Newport, Rhode Island destroyed by fire in 1892
Dates from 1878.
Wikidata Q16155017, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1895
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 1.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 12.6 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 13.1 mi off the Ministerial Road
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 20 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chateau-sur-Mer Mansion: 0.4 mi
- National Museum of American Illustration: 0.4 mi
- Rosecliff Mansion: 0.5 mi
- Chepstow: 0.6 mi
- Marble House: 0.7 mi
- Rovensky Park: 0.8 mi
- Freebody Park: 0.9 mi
- Murphy Field: 1.0 mi
- Spencer Park: 1.0 mi
- King Park: 1.2 mi
- Oliver Perry Monument: 1.6 mi
- Archibald Gracie Lawence memorial stone: 2.0 mi
- Fort Adams: 2.1 mi
- USS Bennington Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Miantonomi Memorial Park Tower: 2.9 mi
- Bliss Hill: 2.7 mi
- Miantonomi Hill: 2.9 mi
- Beacon Hill: 3.0 mi
- Fort Wetherill: 3.2 mi
- Castle Hill: 3.3 mi
- Racquet Road Wildlife Refuge: 3.6 mi
- Marsh Meadows Wildlife Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Wilbour Woods: 6.5 mi
- John C. Whitehead Preserve: 6.7 mi
- High Hill Point: 6.9 mi
- Belmont Beach: 0.3 mi
- King Park Beach: 1.2 mi
- Rejects Beach: 1.2 mi
- Bailey Beach: 1.2 mi
- Easton's Beach: 1.3 mi
- Newport Cliff Walk – Forty Steps: 0.4 mi
- Breakers Stable & Carriage House: 0.6 mi
- Newport Mansions Preservation Society: 0.6 mi
- International Tennis Hall of Fame: 1.0 mi
- Rough Point Mansion: 1.1 mi
- Matthew Perry Monument: 1.2 mi
- Channing Truro Statue: 1.3 mi
- Rochambeau Statue and Monument: 1.3 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 9.8 mi
- Rhody the Ram: 11.8 mi
- The Blue Garden: 2.0 mi
- Herb Garden: 5.8 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 6.3 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 7.0 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 11.9 mi
- Marys Seat: 1.0 mi
- The Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Rams Head: 3.4 mi
- Lion Head: 4.9 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 12.5 mi
- Big Beach: 17.4 mi
- Little Beach: 17.7 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 20.2 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 20.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.1 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 20.6 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 20.8 mi
- Beavertail Light: 5.4 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 5.4 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 22.2 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 7.5 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 14.8 mi
- Factory Pond: 16.5 mi
- The Falls: 8.1 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 15.2 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of The Breakers. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorker Hill | WNW 287° | 98 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | W 281° | 97 m | 13.3 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | NNE 23° | 95 m | 13.8 mi |
| Sherman Hill | WNW 282° | 88 m | 11.4 mi |
| Slate Hill | NNE 19° | 87 m | 5.1 mi |
| Cook Hill | NNE 23° | 85 m | 14.4 mi |
| Tefft Hill | W 268° | 78 m | 12.4 mi |
| Congdon Hill | WNW 292° | 75 m | 10.5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/227360878
Day trips start here
- Newport · 1 mi
- Brenton Point State Park · 3 mi
- Middletown · 3 mi
- Jamestown · 5 mi
- Dutch Island · 6 mi
- Little Compton · 7 mi
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