Pocasset Heights
Pocasset Heights is a neighborhood in Town of Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. Pocasset Heights is situated nearby to the neighborhood Bristol Ferry, as well as near Portsmouth Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Musselbed Shoals Light and Bristol Ferry Light.
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.
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.
Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hog Island Shoal Light, built in 1901, is a sparkplug lighthouse on a shoal off of Hog Island, Rhode Island. It is located about 600 feet southeast of the island, at the entrance to Mount Hope Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portsmouth and Bristol.
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.
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 3½ miles southwest of Pocasset Heights.
Pocasset Heights
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Town of Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.6301° or 41° 37′ 48″ northLongitude
-71.2506° or 71° 15′ 2″ westElevation
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
87HCJPJX+2QOpenStreetMap ID
node 158918251OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
5224038
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