Hog Island (Rhode Island)

Coordinates: 41°38′30.75″N 71°16′48.25″W / 41.6418750°N 71.2800694°W / 41.6418750; -71.2800694

Hog Island in the distance, seen from near the Bristol Ferry Light

Hog Island, circled in red, in the inner part of Narragansett Bay

Hog Island is an island in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, USA. It lies at the entrance to the harbor of the town of Bristol, and is part of the town of Portsmouth. The 60-foot (18.3 m) tall Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse stands off the south end, warning ships to beware of the dangerous shoals around the island. The island is home to a small summer vacation colony with no regular year-round residents and has a land area of 0.797 km² (196.97 acres), making it the fifth-largest island in Narragansett Bay.

There are approximately 100 homes on the island at this time.

References

Hog Island: Block Group 7, Census Tract 401.03, Newport County, Rhode Island United States Census Bureau
Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse
Frederic Denlson, Narragansett Sea and Shore, (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, RI., 1879)
George L. Seavey, Rhode Island's Coastal Natural Areas.

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

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