Despair Island

Despair Island is a small island in Narragansett Bay in Newport County, Rhode Island.

Despair is located in between Hope Island and Prudence Island. The island is composed of many outcroppings of rocks used extensively by nesting birds. such as gulls and terns. Though Despair Island is marked with a buoy, it is hard to see during daylight hours as it is barely visible at high tide, and the pile of rocks would be almost impossible to distinguish between land and water at night.

History

A popular colonial children's song about the islands of Narragansett Bay named by the theologian Roger Williams said "Prudence, Patience, Hope and Despair and little Hog Island, right over there."

Narragansett Bay

Islands	Aquidneck Island Conanicut Island Prudence Island Patience Island Hog Island Dutch Island Coaster's Harbor Island Cornelius Island Despair Island Dyer Island Fox Island Goat Island Gould Island Greene Island Hope Island Lime Rock Rabbit Island Rock Island Rose Island Starvegoat Island Whale Rock

Major rivers	Blackstone River Pawtuxet River Providence River Taunton River Sakonnet River Seekonk River

Cities & towns	Providence Newport Cranston Warwick East Providence Barrington Bristol East Greenwich Jamestown Middletown Narragansett North Kingstown Portsmouth Warren

Bridges	Newport Bridge Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge Mount Hope Bridge Sakonnet River Bridge Jamestown Bridge

Coordinates: 41°36′28″N 71°21′41″W / 41.60778°N 71.36139°W / 41.60778; -71.36139

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