Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The City of Newport is located approximately 37 miles (60 km) south-east of Providence, 21 miles (34 km) south of Fall River, and 74 miles (119 km) south of Boston. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War College, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, and a major United States Navy training center.
Population: 24,672
Latitude: 41° 29' 24.36" N
Longitude: -71° 18' 46.19" W
Buttonwoods Beach Historic District is a historic district bounded by Brush Neck Cove, Greenwich Bay, Cooper and Promenade Avenues in Warwick, Rhode Island. "Old Buttonwoods" is a bucolic neighborhood on the eastern limb of the Nausauket neck, locat…
Matunuck is a village in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States near Charlestown, Rhode Island. The village is located on a point along the southern Atlantic coast of Rhode Island off of U.S.
Malbone is one of the oldest privately owned estates in Newport, Rhode Island. Located on Malbone Road, the estate has a history dating to the mid-18th century, but the present main was built in 1848-49. The estate once served as the country residen…
The Point (or less commonly, "Easton's Point") is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Newport, Rhode Island and has one of the highest concentrations of colonial houses in the United States. The neighborhood sits between Washington Street and Farewel…
Dyer Island is an island in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, USA. It lies off the west coast of Aquidneck Island and is part of Melville CDP, which itself is part of the town of Portsmouth. The island lies between Melville and Prudence Island and i…
Camp Endicott, was a United States Navy Seabee facility part of Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center. It is now a historic site between Seventh and Tenth streets in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Beavertail State Park is a Rhode Island state park encompassing 153 acres (62 ha) at the southern end of Conanicut Island in Narragansett Bay. Its main attraction is the active Beavertail Lighthouse, the current tower of which dates from 1856. Durin…
WRIU (90.3 FM) is a non-commercial radio station broadcasting a college radio format. Licensed to Kingston, Rhode Island, USA, the station serves the greater Rhode Island area. The station is owned by University of Rhode Island. The broadcast area r…
WQRI (88.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Bristol, Rhode Island, USA, the station serves the Fall River area. The station is currently owned by Roger Williams University and plays a variety of music ranging from al…
The Breakers (1878) was located on Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
The Stone Bridge was a bridge built in 1907 in Rhode Island that carried RI 138 over the Sakonnet River between Portsmouth and Tiverton. It was severely damaged by Hurricane Carol in 1954, and replaced in 1956 by the Sakonnet River Bridge, which was…
Rabbitt Island is a small island in Wickford Harbor, Narragansett Bay, Wickford, Rhode Island. Roger Williams received the island from Chief Canonicus' wife as a gift for a place to raise his goats.
New Harbour Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States, at the intersection of Route 24 and Route 81. Opened in 1971, the mall is noted for having once been the only shopping center in the United States to …
Narragansett Pier is an unincorporated village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Narragansett in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.
Mount Hope Farm (also known as Gov.
Melville is a village in the town of Portsmouth in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The village is also the basis of a census-designated place (CDP), which extends south along the shore of Narragansett Bay into the town of Middletown to …
Lime Rock is an island 600 feet offshore in Newport Harbor, in Narragansett Bay, in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It was made famous by Ida Lewis, who was the lighthouse keeper of the tower built on it in 1854 which is now known as Ida Lewis Rock …
Fort Wolcott was a fortification on the small Goat Island (Rhode Island) in Newport Harbor of Narragansett Bay less than 1 mile west of the city of Newport, Rhode Island.