Bristol Point
Bristol Point is a cape in Bristol County, Rhode Island. Bristol Point is situated nearby to the neighborhood Bristol Ferry, as well as near Pocasset Heights.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bristol Ferry Light and Musselbed Shoals Light.
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.
Musselbed Shoals Light
Lighthouse
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.
Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bristol and Portsmouth.
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.
Portsmouth
Melville
Neighborhood
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Melville is a census-designated place in the towns of Middletown and Portsmouth in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. It lies along the shore of Narragansett Bay.
Bristol Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Ferry Point”
- Category: landform
- Location: Bristol County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.64284° or 41° 38′ 34″ northLongitude
-71.26138° or 71° 15′ 41″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
87HCJPVQ+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 7516188733OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
5221094
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Localities in the Area
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