Colonel Willie Cove
Colonel Willie Cove is a bay in South County, Rhode Island. Colonel Willie Cove is situated nearby to the neighborhood Avondale, as well as near the suburb Misquamicut.- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Also known as: “Colonel Willies Cove”
- Address: RI
Places of Interest
Highlights include Watch Hill Lighthouse and Ocean House.
Watch Hill Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Goat Island
Islet
Goat Island is part of Stonington, Connecticut in Wequetequock Cove. It is just northeast of Elihu Island, and is also close to the coast along the Northeast Corridor. Sandy Point Island is nearby southwest along Little Narragansett Bay.
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.
Mechanic Street Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mechanic Street Historic District encompasses a historic 19th-century mill and mill village in a 14-block area of the Pawcatuck section of Stonington, Connecticut.
Colonel Willie Cove
- Category: body of water
- Location: South County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.32593° or 41° 19′ 33″ northLongitude
-71.84201° or 71° 50′ 31″ westOpen location code
87HC85G5+95OpenStreetMap ID
node 368382549OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
5221540Wikidata ID
Q49375345
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In Other Languages
“Colonel Willie Cove” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Colonel Willie Cove”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Avondale and Clarks Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Captain John Pendleton Ground and Horace Island.
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