Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill rises to 62 m in Rhode Island. Coon Hill stands 100 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Mouwneit Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Ministerial Road passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rhode Island, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35726381, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 62.1 m
How to reach it
- 15.4 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 18.5 mi off the Shannock Road
- 21.4 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 27.5 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
Named places within 25 miles
- Ball O'Brien Park: 0.7 mi
- Veterans Park: 0.8 mi
- South Kingstown Town Beach: 14.0 mi
- Compass Rose: 14.0 mi
- Green Hill Park: 14.0 mi
- Rodman's Hollow Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 2.0 mi
- South Shore Management Area: 14.5 mi
- Kimball Refuge: 14.5 mi
- Galilee Bird Sanctuary: 14.6 mi
- Mouwneit Hill: 0.3 mi
- Swede Hill: 0.4 mi
- Sandy Hill: 0.7 mi
- Jobs Hill: 0.9 mi
- Cherry Tree Hill: 0.9 mi
- General Stanton Monument: 13.9 mi
- Point Judith Fishermens's Memorial: 14.0 mi
- PS3 Gill: 14.1 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Charlestown Naval Auxillary Landing Field Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Vaill Beach: 2.1 mi
- Pebbly Beach: 2.2 mi
- Monhegan Bluffs Beach: 2.3 mi
- Sam Ferretti Blue Shutters Town Beach: 12.6 mi
- East Beach: 12.6 mi
- Block Island Historical Society Museum: 1.5 mi
- Frosty Drew Memorial Nature Center: 13.8 mi
- Montauk Lighthouse Museum: 15.6 mi
- International Museum of World War II: 18.7 mi
- Westerly Armory: 18.8 mi
- Rebecca at the Well: 1.8 mi
- Giant Troll Erik Rock: 13.7 mi
- Giant Troll Greta Granit: 14.0 mi
- Lost At Sea: 15.6 mi
- Ninigret Statue: 16.7 mi
- Hellcat Propeller: 14.1 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 16.1 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 16.6 mi
- Bass Rock Road Waterfront: 17.3 mi
- Newton Avenue Waterfront: 17.7 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 2.6 mi
- Block Island Southeast Light: 2.6 mi
- Block Island South East Light: 2.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 16.5 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 16.5 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 1.9 mi
- Clay Head: 3.4 mi
- Lion Head: 22.0 mi
- Rams Head: 23.0 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 18.2 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 21.9 mi
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 21.9 mi
- The Blue Garden: 23.9 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 13.8 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 14.0 mi
- Factory Pond: 14.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Beacon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coon Hill | NNW 339° | 100 m | 21.4 mi |
| Wilbur Hill | N 353° | 88 m | 22.0 mi |
| Sherman Hill | N 10° | 88 m | 23.1 mi |
| Shannock Hill | N 353° | 82 m | 19.9 mi |
| Kenyon Hill | NNW 346° | 81 m | 22.3 mi |
| Tefft Hill | N 8° | 78 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mount Moriah | NW 324° | 77 m | 19.9 mi |
| Kingston Hill | N 9° | 74 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:42 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:37 | 16:21 |
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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357255522
Day trips start here
- Block Island · 1 mi
- East Matunuck · 14 mi
- Matunuck · 14 mi
- Charlestown · 15 mi
- Watch Hill · 16 mi
- South County · 19 mi
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