Little Compton, Rhode Island
Little Compton is a coastal town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, bounded on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by the Sakonnet River, on the north by the town of Tiverton, and on the east by the town of Westport, Massachusetts.
Little Compton is a coastal town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, bounded on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by the Sakonnet River, on the north by the town of Tiverton, and on the east by the town of Westport, Massachusetts. The population was 3,589 as of 2022 town records.
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Worth seeing in and around Little Compton, Rhode Island
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Little Compton Common Historic District
The Little Compton Commons Historic District, or Little Compton Commons, is a historic district in Little Compton, Rhode Island. It is a triangular area roughly bounded by School House Lane to the north, South Commons Road to the east, and Meeting House Lane to the south.
1.1 km · historic church in Rhode Island, United States · Wikipedia - 02Quicksand Pond
Quicksand Pond is a pond in Little Compton, Rhode Island. It is a major winter flounder spawning area, has Rare Species Habitat and Significant Natural Communities designation, and is part of a proposed natural greenway corridor.
3.1 km · lake of the United States of America · Wikipedia - 03Stone House Inn
The Stone House Inn, also known as the David Sisson House, located at 122 Sakonnet Point Road in Little Compton, Rhode Island, is a large four-story fieldstone residence – built in 1854 for David Sisson, a Providence-based industrialist – and its associated c.1886 barn. The structures sit on 2 acres of land overlooking Round Pond to the south, with a view of the Sakonnet River and Sakonnet Harbor to the west.
4.1 km · historic house in Rhode Island, United States · Wikipedia - 04William Whalley Homestead
The William Whalley Homestead is an historic farmstead in Little Compton, Rhode Island. The main house is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, probably built sometime between 1815 and 1830.
4.9 km · building in Rhode Island, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Little Compton, Rhode Island
- Airports
- Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 33 km · Boston Logan (BOS), 97 km · Bradley (BDL), 135 km
- Boston → Little Compton, Rhode Island95 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · $9–12
- Hartford → Little Compton, Rhode Island129 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · $14–19
- New York → Little Compton, Rhode Island253 km · quickest by road, 6h · $26–36
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No local-transport research exists yet for Little Compton, Rhode Island
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- Get inBlock Island Ferry runs multiple ferries daily from Block Island and Fall River.
- Get inFrom Providence, Seastreak Ferries offers four daily round trips with a journey time of just under one hour.
- Get inAdditionally, Jamestown and Newport Ferry offers a more leisurely trip from Jamestown, just across the bay and islands in between.
- Go nextFerries go to Block Island in the summer.
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