Westerly Armory

Westerly Armory is a museum in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilcox Park, a park 0.3 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
The Westerly Armory is an historic National Guard armory building located on Railroad Avenue, west of downtown Westerly, Rhode Island.
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Wikidata Q7987407, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 10.0 mi off the Shannock Road
- 13.8 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 17.3 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Wilcox Park: 0.3 mi
- "Bushel" Sposato Park: 0.3 mi
- Craig's Field: 0.4 mi
- Donahue Park: 0.4 mi
- Margin Street Knoll: 0.9 mi
- Cooky Hill: 0.4 mi
- Hinkley Hill: 1.2 mi
- Bumpin Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Moriah: 1.8 mi
- Pawcatuck Rock: 2.5 mi
- Babcock-Smith House Museum: 0.8 mi
- Jonathan Foster Ground: 5.0 mi
- Borough Hall: 5.2 mi
- Cannon Square: 5.4 mi
- 1814 Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 5.0 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 5.5 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 6.3 mi
- Denison Homestead: 6.4 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 6.9 mi
- Ocean House Beach: 5.2 mi
- DuBois Beach: 5.5 mi
- Burlingame State Park Beach: 6.7 mi
- Sam Ferretti Blue Shutters Town Beach: 7.3 mi
- Williams Beach: 7.3 mi
- Ninigret Statue: 5.2 mi
- Penguin: 6.5 mi
- Stone Turtle: 6.5 mi
- Giant Gnome: 6.7 mi
- Mjolnir: 6.8 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 3.6 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 5.3 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 5.8 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 5.9 mi
- Hellcat Propeller: 8.5 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 14.2 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 14.3 mi
- Sprout Garden: 14.6 mi
- Azalea Garden: 14.7 mi
- Cascade: 10.0 mi
- Cascade: 10.2 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 16.3 mi
- Yantic Falls: 17.2 mi
- Silver Falls: 20.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 5.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 5.6 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 5.6 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 5.6 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 21.3 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 8.4 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 8.6 mi
- Skate Hut: 15.2 mi
- Powder House: 15.3 mi
- Big Beach: 22.5 mi
- Clay Head: 18.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 18.6 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 20.7 mi
- Lion Head: 23.2 mi
- Rams Head: 24.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 7.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 14.7 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.3 mi
- Old Spring: 8.7 mi
- Factory Pond: 11.8 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Westerly Armory. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NW 324° | 163 m | 9.8 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NNW 347° | 158 m | 7.9 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNW 329° | 155 m | 9.1 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | N 354° | 153 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bay Mountain | NNW 338° | 152 m | 11.9 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NNW 337° | 149 m | 7.2 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NW 316° | 144 m | 9.7 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NNW 328° | 139 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:10 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/547946429
Day trips start here
- Westerly · 0 mi
- Ashaway · 3 mi
- Stonington · 4 mi
- North Stonington · 5 mi
- Watch Hill · 5 mi
- Hopkinton · 6 mi
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