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Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound covering 147 square miles (380 km 2), 120.5 square miles (312 km 2) of which is in Rhode Island. [1] The bay forms New England 's largest estuary, which functions as an expansive natural harbor and includes a small archipelago. [ 2 ]
Oakland Beach is a neighborhood and beach located in the South Central area of Warwick, Rhode Island, on Greenwich Bay, a tributary of Narragansett Bay. [1] In the late 1800s, Oakland Beach was the site of Camp Wetmore, the site of six day annual training encampment of the Rhode Island Militia.
Aquidneck Island (/ ə ˈ k w ɪ d n ɛ k / ə-KWID-nek [1]), officially known as Rhode Island, is an island in Narragansett Bay in the state of Rhode Island. The total land area is 37.8 sq mi (98 km 2), which makes it the largest island in the bay. The 2020 United States Census reported its population as 60,109.
Barrington is located on the east shore of Narragansett Bay, 10 miles southeast of Providence via U.S. 95 and 195. (195 connects with RI 114, which becomes County Road at the White Church in Barrington, Main Street in Warren, and Hope Street in Bristol) No point in Barrington is more than two miles from salt water.
Beavertail Lighthouse was built in 1856 and is the premier lighthouse in Rhode Island, marking the entrance to Narragansett Bay.The 64-foot (20 m) lighthouse lies on the southernmost point of Conanicut Island in the town of Jamestown, Rhode Island in Beavertail State Park, on a site where beacons have stood since the early 18th century.
A view of Greenwich Bay from Oakland Beach. Greenwich Bay, is a bay on the coast of Rhode Island in the United States near Warwick and East Greenwich, Rhode Island off of Narragansett Bay. [1] The United States Navy seaplane tender USS Greenwich Bay, in commission from 1945 to 1966, was named for the bay. [1]
Mount Hope (originally Montaup in Pokanoket language) is a small hill in Bristol, Rhode Island overlooking the part of Narragansett Bay known as Mount Hope Bay. It is the highest point in Bristol County, RI. The 7000 acres that now make up the Town of Bristol in Rhode Island were called the Mt. Hope Lands. [1]
Mount Hope Bay is part of the Narragansett Basin, formed as a rift in the Avalon terrane. It is underlaid by sedimentary rocks estimated to be several miles thick. [1] The bay covers an area of about 13 square miles (36 square km), with an average depth of 18.7 feet, [2] although portions of the southern end of the bay are as deep as 74 feet near the Mount Hope Bridge.