Fort Butts Water Tower
Fort Butts Water Tower is a building in Town of Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. Fort Butts Water Tower is situated nearby to the peak Butts Hill, as well as near the community center Saint John’s Lodge #1.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portsmouth Free Public Library and Green Animals Topiary Garden.
Portsmouth Free Public Library
Library
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portsmouth Free Public Library is situated 1 mile south of Fort Butts Water Tower.
Green Animals Topiary Garden
Park
Photo: Brian Feathers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Green Animals Topiary Garden, located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, is the oldest and most northern topiary garden in the United States. The 7-acre estate overlooks the Narragansett Bay. Green Animals Topiary Garden is situated 1½ miles southwest of Fort Butts Water Tower.
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. Musselbed Shoals Light is situated 1½ miles north of Fort Butts Water Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portsmouth and Melville.
Portsmouth
Melville
Neighborhood
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 2½ miles southwest of Fort Butts Water Tower.
Bristol
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Fort Butts Water Tower
- Type: Building
- Location: Town of Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.61505° or 41° 36′ 54″ northLongitude
-71.25165° or 71° 15′ 6″ westOpen location code
87HCJP8X+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 1546762385OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=storage_tank
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Butts Hill and Saint John’s Lodge #1.
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