Hog Island Shoal Light
Hog Island Shoal Light is a building in Town of Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. Hog Island Shoal Light is situated nearby to the neighborhood Melville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse and Musselbed Shoals Light.
Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Musselbed Shoals Light is situated 3,900 feet east of Hog Island Shoal Light.
Bristol Ferry Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Bristol Ferry Light is situated 1 mile northeast of Hog Island Shoal Light.
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
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.
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 3 miles south of Hog Island Shoal Light.
Hog Island Shoal Light
- Type: Building
- Location: Town of Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.63236° or 41° 37′ 57″ northLongitude
-71.27325° or 71° 16′ 24″ westOpen location code
87HCJPJG+WPOpenStreetMap ID
way 713488647OpenStreetMap feature
building=lighthouse
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