Taylor Point
Taylor Point is a cape in Newport County, Rhode Island. Taylor Point is situated nearby to the neighborhood Jamestown Shores, as well as near Brenton Village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge and Friends Meetinghouse.
Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge
Bridge
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The Claiborne Pell Bridge, commonly known as the Newport Bridge, is a suspension bridge operated by the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority that spans the East Passage of the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island.
Friends Meetinghouse
Church
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The Conanicut Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house at the junction of North Road and Weeden Lane in Jamestown, Rhode Island. The structure was built in 1786 to replace the original meeting house destroyed by the British after they occupied Conanicut Island in 1776.
Jamestown Windmill
Windmill
The Jamestown Windmill is a smock mill in Jamestown, Rhode Island within the Windmill Hill Historic District on North Road north of Weeden Lane. The 30-foot high windmill was built in 1787 to coarse grind flint corn to feed to animals and finer corn meal for farmer families to eat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jamestown and Newport.
Jamestown
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jamestown is 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.
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.
Saunderstown
Village
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Saunderstown is a small village and historic district spread across the four towns of Narragansett, South Kingstown, Exeter and North Kingstown in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. Saunderstown is situated 3½ miles west of Taylor Point.
Taylor Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Freebody Point” and “Taylors Point”
- Category: landform
- Location: Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.51094° or 41° 30′ 39″ northLongitude
-71.3595° or 71° 21′ 34″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87HCGJ6R+96GeoNames ID
5225168
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