Local servicesHospitalNewport Hospital2.5 miPost officeMiddletown Post Office1.3 miTown hallMiddletown Town Hallunder a milePoliceMiddletown Police Department1.1 miFire stationMiddletown Fire Departmentunder a mileSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi8 schools2 elementary, 2 middle, 2 high, 2 otherElementaryForest Avenue Elementary Schoolunder a mileSchoolAll Saints STEAM Academyunder a mileMiddleJoseph H Gaudet Middle School and Learning Academyunder a mileCollegeCommunity College of Rhode Island Newport County Campus1.8 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportNewport State Airport NPTunder a mileMajor airportRhode Island T. F. Green International Airport PVD15 miInterstateI-19513 miUS highwayUS 19.3 miAmtrakKingston, RI KIN15 miRailWickford JunctionMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)11 miCoachFall RiverPeter Pan (BZ)13 miTransit44 stops within a mileRhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA)Sources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
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Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 15 h 11 min5:11 am – 8:22 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 10 min7:08 am – 4:18 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 80°F, lows 64°FColdest month January: highs 38°F, lows 24°F42 in of rain a year, on about 73 dayswettest month March26 in of snow a year, on about 10 days2 days above 90°F, 98 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Newport State Ap station; snow from Newport Rose
Nearby landmarksCommunity College of Rhode Island Newport County Campuscollege · 1.8 miNaval Academy Preparatory Schoolcollege · 2.2 miCoddington Pointcape · 2.1 miSlate Hillpeak · 1.1 miCoasters Harborbay · 2.4 miCoasters Harbor Islandisland · 2.6 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsPurgatory Chasmstate park · 3.0 miPerryrecreation area · under a mile · 80 acresState Pier #9state park · 3.4 miNfrecreation area · 1.1 mi · 62 acresSachuest Point National Wildlife Refugenational wildlife refuge · 3.6 mi · 244 acresOakland Foreststate conservation land · 2.0 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes7 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 3.6 on 8 Nov 202017 mi away, near Bliss Corner, MassachusettsMost recent: magnitude 3.6 on 8 Nov 202017 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowNewport County, RI, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsCoastal flooding Relatively ModerateHurricane Relatively LowSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality84% of days had good air in 2025306 of 365 days measured56 moderate, 3 unhealthy for sensitive groups daysMedian index 38, worst day 119main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Bristol County, MA, 18 mi away
Drinking waterNewport-city ofserves 42,155 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 20214 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation143 ft44 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
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