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Whitehall Museum House

Whitehall Museum House from directly overhead

Whitehall Museum House is a museum in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Yorker Hill stands 98 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Paradise Valley Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads runs past it.

The story

Middletown, Rhode Island, NRHP-listed in Newport County

Wikidata Q14709477, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Built
1729

What to expect

Operated by
National Society of The Colonial Dames of America

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.51422, -71.27112

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Paradise Valley Park: 1.0 mi
  • Middletown Valley Park: 1.3 mi
  • Middletown Valley Park: 1.3 mi
  • Green End Fort: 1.4 mi
  • Albro Woods: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • Barker Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Bliss Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Slate Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Miantonomi Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks: 56
Beaches: 55
Attractions: 47
Gardens: 19
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 4
  • Plum Point Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Factory Pond: 19.0 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Big Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Little Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 22.7 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 17.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 17.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Whitehall Museum House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Yorker HillW 273°98 m13.8 mi
Mount PleasantW 268°97 m14.5 mi
Pocasset HillNNE 23°95 m10.4 mi
Sherman HillW 267°88 m12.6 mi
Slate HillN 9°87 m1.8 mi
Cook HillNNE 23°85 m11.1 mi
Tefft HillWSW 256°78 m14.2 mi
Townsend HillNNE 22°77 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2118:57
June solstice05:1219:4120:23
September equinox06:3318:0818:44
December solstice07:0915:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313238475766727165554537
Precip in3.22.84.63.83.03.42.93.43.44.13.83.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport State AP, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/897316024

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