America Ledge
America Ledge is a bench in Newport County, Rhode Island. America Ledge is situated nearby to the neighborhood Narragansett Terrace, as well as near Jamestown Shores.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Plum Beach Lighthouse and Conanicut Island Light.
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 1½ miles southwest of America Ledge.
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 2 miles northeast of America Ledge.
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 1½ miles southwest of America Ledge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saunderstown and Wickford.
Saunderstown
Village
Photo: Gibbystuart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saunderstown is a small village and historic district spread across the four towns of Narragansett, South Kingstown, Exeter and North Kingstown in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. Saunderstown is situated 3½ miles southwest of America Ledge.
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.
Jamestown
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jamestown is village on Conanicut Island, a small parcel of land that connects mainland Rhode Island to Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay. Jamestown is 25 miles south of Providence and offers plenty of shopping, dining and recreation.
America Ledge
- Type: Bench
- Categories: bench and landform
- Location: Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“America Ledge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “America Ledge”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Narragansett Terrace and Jamestown Shores.
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