Hope Island
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Quonset Point and Despair Island.
Quonset Point
Quonset Point, also known simply as Quonset, is a small peninsula in Narragansett Bay in the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Its name is widely known from the Quonset hut, which was first manufactured there.Despair Island
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.
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. Conanicut Island Light is situated 2 miles south of Hope 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. Patience Island is situated 4 miles north of Hope 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. Melville is situated 4½ miles east of Hope Island.
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.
Hope Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.60208° or 41° 36′ 8″ northLongitude
-71.36833° or 71° 22′ 6″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
87HCJJ2J+RMOpenStreetMap ID
way 22692206OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5222662Wikidata ID
Q5899339
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In Other Languages
“Hope Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hope Island”
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