Back واتش هيل (رود آيلاند) Arabic واتش هيل ARZ Вотч-Гилл (Род-Айленд) CE Watch Hill (lungsod) CEB Watch Hill (Rhode Island) Spanish واچ هیل، رود آیلند Persian Watch Hill (Rhode Island) Italian Watch Hill (Rhode Island) LLD Watch Hill Polish Watch Hill (Rhode Island) Portuguese
Watch Hill | |
|---|---|
Coastal Neighborhood | |
 Panorama of Watch Hill | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Rhode Island |
| Town | Westerly |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.82 sq mi (2.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.014 sq mi (0.04 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 212 |
Watch Hill is an affluent coastal neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Westerly, Rhode Island. The population was 154 at the 2010 census.[1] 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.[2]
- ^ "Summary Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ Bongartza, Roy (July 5, 1981). "Watch Hill to Point Judith - 20 Miles of Summer Fun". The New York Times. Retrieved January 31, 2015.