Pawcatuck Point
Pawcatuck Point is a cape in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Pawcatuck Point is situated nearby to the neighborhood Avondale, as well as near the suburb Misquamicut.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Watch Hill Lighthouse and Ocean House.
Watch Hill Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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The Watch Hill Lighthouse in Watch Hill, Rhode Island has served as a nautical beacon for ships since 1745, when the Rhode Island colonial government constructed a watchtower and beacon during the French and Indian War and Revolutionary War.
Ocean House
Resort
Photo: Stephg82988, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ocean House is a large, Victorian-style waterfront hotel originally constructed in 1868 on Bluff Avenue in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. The original 1868 hotel closed in 2003; it was demolished in 2005 and a new facility opened in 2010 on the same site which retained much of the original structure's form and appearance, as well as the original name.
Elihu Island
Island
Elihu Island is a private island off the coast of Stonington, Connecticut. It is located in Wequetequock Cove, just southwest of Goat Island and northeast of the western tip of Sandy Point Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watch Hill and Misquamicut.
Watch Hill
Photo: Juliancolton, Public domain.
Watch Hill is a district in Westerly, which is a town in Rhode Island. Watch Hill is a wealthy, summer tourist district comprised of two main streets. Most of the homes are summer mansions.
Misquamicut
Suburb
Misquamicut is a census-designated place and fire district in southern Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It is part of the town of Westerly. The population was listed as 434 in the 2020 census.
Stonington
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Stonington is a town located on Long Island Sound in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The municipal limits of the town include the borough of Stonington, the villages of Pawcatuck, Lords Point, and Wequetequock, and the eastern halves of the villages of Mystic and Old Mystic.
Pawcatuck Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Ashpuck Point”, “Ausbrook‘”, “Aush’pook”, “Aushpook Point”, “Oish’brook”, “Osbrook Point”, and “Oshbrook Point”
- Category: landform
- Location: Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.32417° or 41° 19′ 27″ northLongitude
-71.85968° or 71° 51′ 35″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87HC84FR+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 7516188699OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
4840429
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