Portsmouth Abbey, Portsmouth

Name: Portsmouth Abbey
Address: Portsmouth, United States

#5 among attractions in Portsmouth

Monastery, Modernist architecture

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Portsmouth Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Portsmouth, on Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States. The mission of the community is to seek God guided by the Gospel, the Rule of St. Benedict, and most importantly, prayer and work to sanctify themselves and their community. As of 2020, the abbey has 8 monks. ()

Coordinates: 41°36'12"N, 71°16'19"W

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MelvillePortsmouth United States

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Day trips

Portsmouth Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Blithewold Mansion, Mount Hope Bridge, Newport National Golf Club, Bristol Ferry Light.

3.5 miN
Museum, History museum, Garden
Blithewold Mansion, Bristol
89 min walk • The Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum is an arboretum of 13 hectares, located at 101 Ferry Road, Bristol, Rhode Island, midway between Newport and Providence, Rhode Island, on Bristol Harbor with views over Narragansett Bay.
2.6 miN
Bridge
Mount Hope Bridge, Bristol
67 min walk • The Mount Hope Bridge is a two-lane suspension bridge spanning the Mount Hope Bay in eastern Rhode Island at one of the narrowest gaps in Narragansett Bay. The bridge connects the Rhode Island towns of Portsmouth and Bristol and is part of Route 114.
5 miS
41°31'53"N • 71°15'31"W
Newport National Golf Club, Middletown
128 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
2.8 miN
Vernacular architecture, Lighthouse
Bristol Ferry Light, Bristol
72 min walk • Bristol Ferry Light is a historic lighthouse in Bristol, Rhode Island, United States. It is located on the shores of Narragansett Bay at Bristol Point, the northern land point of Mount Hope Bay at the base of the Mount Hope Bridge.
~1410 ftSW
Garden, Specialty museum, Park
Green Animals Topiary Garden, Portsmouth
7 min walk • The Green Animals Topiary Garden, located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, is the oldest and most northern topiary garden in the United States. The 7-acre estate overlooks the Narragansett Bay. It contains a large collection of topiaries including eighty sculptured trees.
3.7 miNE
Trail, Forts and castles
Fort Barton Site, Tiverton
94 min walk • The Fort Barton Site is the site of an historic American Revolutionary War fort, now located in a public park at Lawton and Highland Avenues in Tiverton, Rhode Island.
3.2 miS
History museum, Museum
Union Church, Portsmouth
82 min walk • The Union Church is an historic church and local history museum owned by the Portsmouth Historical Society at 870 East Main Road at Union Street in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
3.6 miS
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Prescott Farm, Middletown
93 min walk • Prescott Farm is a historic preservation of a colonial farm in Middletown, Rhode Island. It spans 40 acres, and was in danger of demolition before Doris Duke, through the Newport Restoration Foundation bought it in 1973 and began restoration of the historical site.
1.6 miW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Prudence Island Light, Portsmouth
42 min walk • The Prudence Island Lighthouse, more commonly known locally as the Sandy Point Lighthouse, is located on Prudence Island, Rhode Island and is the oldest lighthouse tower in the state. Sandy Point is nicknamed Chibacoweda, meaning "little place separated by a passage", because the location is a little more than one mile offshore.
1.2 miSE
Cemetery
Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse Parsonage and Cemetery, Portsmouth
32 min walk • The Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse, Parsonage, and Cemetery is a historic Friends Meeting House and cemetery of the Religious Society of Friends, at 11 Middle Road and 2232 E. Main Road in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
3.8 miNE
Bridge
Sakonnet River Bridge, Newport
98 min walk • The Sakonnet River Bridge is a four-lane bridge spanning the Sakonnet River in eastern Rhode Island. The bridge carries RI 24 and RI 138 between the communities of Portsmouth and Tiverton, Rhode Island.