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Watch Hill Light

RI · Active aid to navigation

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Access source: Federal records checked: the U.S. Coast Guard AtoN / Light List record for this aid · Checked 2026-11-12

Owner / operator: U.S. Coast Guard (active aid to navigation)

The light

LocationRI (Washington County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number19795
Light characteristicAl RW 5s
Height of light above water61 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureSquare, gray granite tower attached to white building
Position41.30390, -71.85842 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkEmergency light Fl W 2.5s of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. Lighted throughout 24 hours. HORN: 1 blast ev 30s (3s bl). Fog signal is radio activated, during times of reduced visibility, turn marine VHF-FM radio to channel 83A/157.175Mhz. Key microphone 5 times consecutively, to activate fog signal for 45 minutes.

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data).

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