Despair Island
Despair Island is a small island in Narragansett Bay in Newport County, Rhode Island. It is located between Hope Island and Prudence Island. The island is composed of many outcroppings of rocks used extensively by nesting birds, such as gulls and terns.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hope Island and Conanicut Island Light.
Hope Island
Islet
Hope Island is a 91-acre island located in Narragansett Bay in the State of Rhode Island. It is part of the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, along with nearby Prudence Island and Patience Island, and home to colonial wading birds during their nesting season of spring and summer.
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.
Farnham Farm
Park
The Farnham Farm is historic farm at 113 Mount Pleasant Avenue on Prudence Island in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The farm was started by the Dennis family after the original farms on Prudence Island were burned and destroyed by the British during the American Revolution around the time of the Battle of Rhode Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Patience Island and Melville.
Patience Island
Locality
Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Patience Island is an island in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island in the United States. It is a part of the town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
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.
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.
Despair Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.60788° or 41° 36′ 28″ northLongitude
-71.36144° or 71° 21′ 41″ westElevation
-66 feet (-20 metres)Open location code
87HCJJ5Q+5COpenStreetMap ID
node 357255979OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
“Despair Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Despair Island”
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