Quoquasset Inlet

Quoquasset Inlet is an inlet in Newport County, Rhode Island. Quoquasset Inlet is situated nearby to the neighborhood Sakonnet, as well as near Bahia Corner.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sakonnet Light and West Island.

Sakonnet Light

Lighthouse

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Sakonnet Light, built in 1884, is a sparkplug lighthouse near Sakonnet Point, Little Compton, Rhode Island, on the eastern side of the state. The light was deactivated in 1954 after Hurricane Carol and was going to be destroyed, but local citizens protested, and eventually Carl and Carolyn Haffenreffer bought the lighthouse in 1961. Sakonnet Light is situated 2 miles southwest of Quoquasset Inlet.

West Island

Island

West Island is a 9.6 acre uninhabited island located approximately 0.25 miles off the coast of Sakonnet Point and roughly 900 feet east of the Sakonnet Point Lighthouse in Little Compton, Rhode Island, United States. West Island is situated 2 miles southwest of Quoquasset Inlet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Compton and Acoaxet.

Little Compton

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Little Compton is a rural farming town in Newport County in southeastern Rhode Island. It includes the villages of Adamsville and Sakonnet. It is between the Sakonnet River on its west and Massachusetts and the West Branch of the Westport River to the east.