Sheep Point
Sheep Point is a cape in Newport County, Rhode Island. Sheep Point is situated nearby to the locality Marys Seat, as well as near the neighborhood Easton’s Point.Places of Interest
Highlights include Marble House and Rovensky Park.
Marble House
Museum
Marble House is a Gilded Age mansion located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It was built from 1888 to 1892 as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Beaux Arts style.
Rovensky Park
Park
Rovensky Park is a historic park at the corner of Bellevue Avenue and Rovensky Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. The park grounds were created in 1852, and the park was purchased by the Preservation Society of Newport County in 1959 with $175,000 grant donated by John E.
Rosecliff Mansion
Museum
Rosecliff is a Gilded Age mansion of Newport, Rhode Island, now open to the public as a historic house museum. The house has also been known as the Hermann Oelrichs House or the J.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newport and Jamestown.
Newport
Newport is a beautiful seaside city in Rhode Island that is famous for its genteel mansions and a rich history of yachting, golf, and tennis. With a population of only 25,000, this scenic resort town punches well above its weight and was known as the "Summer White House" throughout the 1950s and 60s.Jamestown
Jamestown is a village on Conanicut Island, a small parcel of land that connects mainland Rhode Island to Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay. Jamestown is 25 miles south of Providence and offers plenty of shopping, dining and recreation.Middletown
Middletown lies south of Portsmouth and north of Newport, Rhode Island. This geographical location is what gave this town its name. Middletown was founded in 1743 when unjust taxation and a growing population caused freeholders in Newport to petition for independence.Sheep Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Reef”
- Category: landform
- Location: Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.46014° or 41° 27′ 37″ north
Longitude
-71.30263° or 71° 18′ 10″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
87HCFM6W+3W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
GeoNames ID
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