Blue Bill Cove

Blue Bill Cove is a bay in Newport County, Rhode Island. Blue Bill Cove is situated nearby to the neighborhood Island Park, as well as near The Hummocks.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sakonnet River Bridge and Bristol Ferry Light.

Sakonnet River Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.

The Staff Sergeant Christopher Potts Sakonnet River Bridge, commonly referred to as the Sakonnet River Bridge, is a four-lane bridge spanning the Sakonnet River in eastern Rhode Island.

Bristol Ferry Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bristol Ferry Light is a historic lighthouse in Bristol, Rhode Island. It is located on the shores of Narragansett Bay at Bristol Point, the northern land point of Mount Hope Bay at the base of the Mount Hope Bridge. Bristol Ferry Light is situated 2 miles northwest of Blue Bill Cove.

The Musselbed Shoals Light was a lighthouse which once stood in Narragansett Bay at the west entrance to Mount Hope Bay, south of Bristol Point. As with many Rhode Island lights, it was a casualty of the New England Hurricane of 1938. Musselbed Shoals Light is situated 2 miles west of Blue Bill Cove.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portsmouth and Tiverton.

Portsmouth

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Portsmouth is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island. It is a small quaint town with a strong sense of community that has a lot of history for any traveler to discover.

Tiverton

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Tiverton is a town in Newport County, eastern Rhode Island, that borders Massachusetts. Founded in 1694, Tiverton has grown from its origins as a farming community into a picturesque summer resort and residential suburb.

Bristol

Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bristol is a quintessential New England waterfront town. Part of the East Bay communities along with Warren and Barrington, it is on a peninsula in Rhode Island surrounded by Narragensett and Mount Hope Bays.

Blue Bill Cove

Type: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.62677° or 41° 37′ 36″ north

Longitude

-71.22477° or 71° 13′ 29″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87HCJQGG+P3

GeoNames ID

5221012

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