Watch Hill | |
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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]