Watch Hill Cove
Watch Hill Cove is a bay in South County, Rhode Island. Watch Hill Cove is situated nearby to the neighborhood Avondale, as well as near the suburb Misquamicut.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Also known as: “Watch Hill Yacht Basin”
- Address: RI
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ocean House and Watch Hill Lighthouse.
Ocean House
Resort
Photo: Stephg82988, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ocean House is a large, Victorian-style waterfront hotel originally constructed in 1868 on Bluff Avenue in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. The original 1868 hotel closed in 2003; it was demolished in 2005 and a new facility opened in 2010 on the same site which retained much of the original structure's form and appearance, as well as the original name.
Watch Hill Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Watch Hill Lighthouse in Watch Hill, Rhode Island has served as a nautical beacon for ships since 1745, when the Rhode Island colonial government constructed a watchtower and beacon during the French and Indian War and Revolutionary War.
Elihu Island
Island
Elihu Island is a private island off the coast of Stonington, Connecticut. It is located in Wequetequock Cove, just southwest of Goat Island and northeast of the western tip of Sandy Point Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watch Hill and Misquamicut.
Watch Hill
Photo: Juliancolton, Public domain.
Watch Hill is a district in Westerly, which is a town in Rhode Island. Watch Hill is a wealthy, summer tourist district comprised of two main streets. Most of the homes are summer mansions.
Misquamicut
Suburb
Misquamicut is a census-designated place and fire district in southern Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It is part of the town of Westerly. The population was listed as 434 in the 2020 census.
Stonington
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Stonington is a town located on Long Island Sound in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The municipal limits of the town include the borough of Stonington, the villages of Pawcatuck, Lords Point, and Wequetequock, and the eastern halves of the villages of Mystic and Old Mystic.
Watch Hill Cove
- Category: body of water
- Location: South County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.31204° or 41° 18′ 43″ northLongitude
-71.85896° or 71° 51′ 32″ westOpen location code
87HC846R+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 368382542OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
5225545Wikidata ID
Q49394785
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In Other Languages
“Watch Hill Cove” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Watch Hill Cove”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Avondale and Stonington.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Watch Hill Carousel and Watch Hill Chapel.
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