Fort Butts
Fort Butts is a mountain in Town of Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island and has an elevation of 194 feet. Fort Butts is situated nearby to the neighborhood Portsmouth Park, as well as near Pocasset Heights.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Portsmouth Free Public Library and Green Animals Topiary Garden.
Green Animals Topiary Garden
Park
Photo: Brian Feathers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Green Animals Topiary Garden, located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, is the oldest and most northern topiary garden in the United States. The 7-acre estate overlooks the Narragansett Bay. Green Animals Topiary Garden is situated 1½ miles southwest of Fort Butts.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portsmouth and Melville.
Portsmouth
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.
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. Melville is situated 2½ miles southwest of Fort Butts.
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.
Fort Butts
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 194 feet
- Also known as: “Butts Hill Fort”
- Category: landform
- Location: Town of Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.61566° or 41° 36′ 56″ northLongitude
-71.25116° or 71° 15′ 4″ westElevation
194 feet (59 metres)Open location code
87HCJP8X+7GGeoNames ID
5222153
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Portsmouth Park and Pocasset Heights.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Butts Hill and Portsmouth Shopping Plaza Shopping Center.
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