- Elevation, modelled
- 14 m
- Tallest summit within 14.5 miles
- Yorker Hill98 m · 13.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Paradise Ave and Other Roads2.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:23local time
- Coordinates
- 41.4698, -71.2982
The Breakers is a museum in Rhode Island, at a modelled 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.
Vanderbilt mansion in Newport, Rhode Island destroyed by fire in 1892
Dates from 1878.
Wikidata Q16155017, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
- Built
- 1895
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Limited
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 |
- 2.2 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 1.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage BywayNational
- 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
Museums
- 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
Historic sites
- 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
Peaks
- 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
Beaches: 53
- 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
Attractions: 45
- 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
Rest areas: 4
- 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
Lighthouses: 3
- Beavertail Light: 5.4 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 5.4 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- The Falls: 8.1 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 15.2 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 15.5 mi
| 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).
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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