Hog Island Shoal
Hog Island Shoal is a bar in Newport County, Rhode Island. Hog Island Shoal is situated nearby to the neighborhood Bristol Ferry, as well as near Pocasset Heights.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse and Musselbed Shoals Light.
Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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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.
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
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portsmouth and Bristol.
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island. It is a small quaint town with a strong sense of community that has a lot of history for any traveler to discover.
Bristol
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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
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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 3 miles south of Hog Island Shoal.
Hog Island Shoal
- Type: Bar
- Categories: bar and landform
- Location: Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Hog Island Shoal” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hog Island Shoal (piliw sa Estados Unidos, Rhode Island)”
- Cebuano: “Hog Island Shoal”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bristol Ferry and Pocasset Heights.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Arnold Point and Southwest Point.
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