💯 Watch Hill, Rhode Island

United States · Americas · 41.31°N, 71.85°W

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Watch Hill is an affluent coastal neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Westerly, Rhode Island. As of the 2020 census, Watch Hill had a population of 212. It sits at the most-southwestern point in Rhode Island. It came to prominence in the late 19th and early 20th century as an exclusive summer resort, with wealthy families building sprawling Victorian-style "cottages" along the peninsula. Watch Hill is characterized by The New York Times as a community "with a strong sense of privacy and of discreetly used wealth," in contrast with "the overpowering castles of the very rich" in nearby Newport.

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CountryUnited States
Continent / regionAmericas
Coordinates (approx.)41.31°N, 71.85°W · view on map

Watch Hill, Rhode Island is located in United States, in Americas.

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