The Elms Mansion
The Elms Mansion is a museum in Rhode Island, at a recorded elevation of 18 m. Yorker Hill stands 98 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Isaac Bell House, a museum 0.1 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
The Elms is a large mansion (sometimes facetiously called a "summer cottage") located at 367 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, completed in 1901. The architect Horace Trumbauer (1868–1938) designed it for the coal baron Edward Julius Berwind (1848–1936), taking inspiration from the 18th century Château d'Asnières in Asnières-sur-Seine, France. C. H. Miller and E. W. Bowditch, working closely with Trumbauer, designed the gardens and landscape. The Preservation Society of Newport County purchased The Elms in 1962, and opened the house to the public. The Elms was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1996.
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Dates from 1899.
Wikidata Q7731834, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 18 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 0.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 12.1 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 12.5 mi off the Ministerial Road
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 19 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Isaac Bell House: 0.1 mi
- Chepstow: 0.2 mi
- Kingscote Mansion: 0.3 mi
- The Doll Museum: 0.3 mi
- Audrain Auto Museum: 0.3 mi
- Freebody Park: 0.3 mi
- Spencer Park: 0.4 mi
- Touro Park: 0.5 mi
- King Park: 0.5 mi
- Washington Park: 0.7 mi
- Oliver Perry Monument: 0.9 mi
- Fort Adams: 1.5 mi
- USS Bennington Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Northwest Gun Mount: 2.2 mi
- Archibald Gracie Lawence memorial stone: 2.2 mi
- Bliss Hill: 2.2 mi
- Miantonomi Hill: 2.3 mi
- Beacon Hill: 2.4 mi
- Fort Wetherill: 2.5 mi
- Castle Hill: 2.9 mi
- Racquet Road Wildlife Refuge: 2.9 mi
- Marsh Meadows Wildlife Preserve: 3.9 mi
- High Hill Point: 6.8 mi
- John C. Whitehead Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Wilbour Woods: 7.0 mi
- King Park Beach: 0.5 mi
- Belmont Beach: 0.8 mi
- Easton's Beach: 1.1 mi
- Gooseberry Beach: 1.4 mi
- Atlantic Beach: 1.5 mi
- Matthew Perry Monument: 0.5 mi
- Channing Truro Statue: 0.5 mi
- Rochambeau Statue and Monument: 0.7 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 9.4 mi
- Rhody the Ram: 11.2 mi
- Newport Mansions Preservation Society: 0.2 mi
- International Tennis Hall of Fame: 0.3 mi
- Breakers Stable & Carriage House: 0.6 mi
- Newport Cliff Walk – Forty Steps: 0.6 mi
- Old Colony House: 0.9 mi
- The Blue Garden: 1.7 mi
- Herb Garden: 5.3 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 6.7 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 7.3 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 11.3 mi
- Marys Seat: 0.8 mi
- The Bluff: 2.1 mi
- Rams Head: 3.0 mi
- Lion Head: 4.5 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 12.0 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 6.8 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 14.0 mi
- Factory Pond: 16.2 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 24.9 mi
- Big Beach: 16.7 mi
- Little Beach: 16.9 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 19.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 20.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.5 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 20.1 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 20.3 mi
- Beavertail Light: 5.1 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 5.1 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 22.5 mi
- The Falls: 7.4 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 14.4 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 14.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of The Elms Mansion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorker Hill | WNW 286° | 98 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | W 279° | 97 m | 12.7 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | NNE 27° | 95 m | 13.5 mi |
| Sherman Hill | W 280° | 88 m | 10.8 mi |
| Slate Hill | NNE 27° | 87 m | 4.9 mi |
| Cook Hill | NNE 26° | 85 m | 14.2 mi |
| Tefft Hill | W 265° | 78 m | 11.9 mi |
| Congdon Hill | WNW 290° | 75 m | 9.8 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/371945275
Day trips start here
- Newport · 1 mi
- Brenton Point State Park · 3 mi
- Middletown · 3 mi
- Jamestown · 4 mi
- Dutch Island · 5 mi
- Newport County · 7 mi
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