Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach is a beach in Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island. Sunset Beach is situated nearby to the neighborhood Narragansett Terrace, as well as near Conanicut Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Conanicut Island Light and Plum Beach Lighthouse.
Conanicut Island Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Conanicut Island Light, built in 1886, is an inactive lighthouse in Jamestown, Rhode Island. The light was built primarily to assist the ferry between Jamestown and Newport, Rhode Island. Conanicut Island Light is situated 1½ miles northeast of Sunset Beach.
Plum Beach Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plum Beach Light, built in 1899, is a sparkplug lighthouse in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The lighthouse was built using pneumatic caisson engineering. Plum Beach Lighthouse is situated 2 miles southwest of Sunset Beach.
Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Juliancolton, Public domain.
The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge is a concrete box girder highway bridge which spans the West Passage of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. It is part of Rhode Island Route 138 and is on the route to Newport, Rhode Island for traffic heading northbound from Interstate 95. Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge is situated 2 miles southwest of Sunset Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wickford and Saunderstown.
Wickford
Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wickford is a small village and seaport in North Kingstown that seems to keep its historical charm despite being a tourist attraction. The tides lap its grounded shores and echo a story of its distinguished past.
Saunderstown
Village
Photo: Gibbystuart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saunderstown is a small village and historic district spread across the 4 towns of Narragansett, South Kingstown, Exeter and North Kingstown in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. Saunderstown is situated 3½ miles southwest of Sunset Beach.
North Kingstown
North Kingstown is in Washington County, Rhode Island in the United States of America. It has 30 mi of coastline on Narragansett Bay and covers almost 58 sq mi.
Sunset Beach
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.55288° or 41° 33′ 10″ northLongitude
-71.38589° or 71° 23′ 9″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
87HCHJ37+5JOpenStreetMap ID
node 357260112OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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In Other Languages
“Sunset Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sunset Beach (lapyahan sa Estados Unidos, Rhode Island)”
- Cebuano: “Sunset Beach”
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