Mohegan Bluffs - New Shoreham, RI
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N 41° 09.140 W 071° 33.310
19T E 285592 N 4558814
Mohegan Bluffs rise 200 ft above the ocean an extend for five miles along the south shore of Block Island.
Waymark Code: WMX11H
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 11/10/2017
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In New Shoreham (Block Island), along the south coast, is Mohegan Bluffs, listed in the American Guide Series publication for Rhode Island.
The entry in the guide book is as follows:
At about 2.3m Spring Street becomes Mohegan Trail, extending along the crowning ridge of the Mohegan Bluffs, cliffs of clay resembling the chalk cliffs of Dover, rising more than 200 ft above sea level and stretching along the coast for about five miles. The bluffs overlook many bleached hulks of wrecked ships. On clear days there is a splendid marine view from the trail. The bluffs are so named because in places they resemble Indian profiles.
-- American Guide Series: Rhode Island - A Guide to the Smallest State, p. 439.
The bluffs are still there, but access to them may be different than the time the book was written. Since then, the bluffs have eroded dozens of feet, so much that the Southeast Lighthouse that sits on top of the bluffs was move about 200 ft to avoid being toppled over. The lighthouse is now on land publicly available and provides great views out to the Atlantic Ocean, including the new wind farm about three miles out. The best access to the bottom of the bluffs may be the Mohegan Bluffs parking lot. From the parking lot, there is a long open stairway with around 160 steps. There is a warning at the top about climbing the stairs may be considered strenuous activity. The bluffs actually have different textures - an interesting and impressive site.
Book: Rhode Island
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 439
Year Originally Published: 1937
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