Information about Watch Hill Point, RI

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Located at the most southern and western location in South County Rhode Island (not including Block Island), the town of Westerly is home to the popular villages of Misquamicut and Watch Hill, two distinctive summer resort communities. Recognized for the beautiful beaches and access to Long Island Sound, Westerly is a destination for beach activities and also Sport Fishing. Watch Hill is a high bare bluff on its easterly side with several large hotels, including the well-known Ocean House, and summer houses.

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Watch Hill Cove, in the southeastern part of Little Narragansett Bay, is used by small craft. In 2007, the buoyed dredged channel leading to the cove had a controlling depth of 4.5 feet (5.8 feet at midchannel). Depths of 3.8 to 9.4 feet are inside the cove and at the wharves.
A yacht club and town dock are in Watch Hill Cove; berths, guest moorings, electricity, diesel fuel, and water are available. In 1981, a depth of 10 feet was reported at the face of the town dock.
Navigation:
Watch Hill Light (41°18’14″N., 71°51’30″W.), 61 feet above the water, is shown from a square gray granite tower, 45 feet high, attached to a white building with a red roof, on Watch Hill Point.
Napatree Beach, 1.3 miles long between Watch Hill Point and Napatree Point, is bare. Sandy Point, about 1.4 miles north-northwestward of Napatree Point, is at the northwestern end of a long and narrow sand island in Little Narragansett Bay. An extensive sandspit makes off from the northeasterly and southwesterly sides of the island; give these areas a good berth. The island is subject to continual change; caution is advised.
Napatree Point Ledge, a boulder reef with little depth, extends nearly 0.4 mile southward of the point. It is marked by a lighted bell buoy. A sunken wreck is about 0.3 mile eastward of the ledge in about 41°18’N., 71°53’W.