Sakonnet Golf Club

Sakonnet Golf Club is a golf course in Town of Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island which is located on Sakonnet Point Road. Sakonnet Golf Club is situated nearby to Saint Andrews by the Sea Church, as well as near Briggs Marsh.

Places of Interest Nearby

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 1½ miles southwest of Sakonnet Golf Club.

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 south of Sakonnet Golf Club.

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.