Potowomut River

41.6550°N 71.4087°W / 41.6550; -71.4087

The Potowomut River (pot-uh-WAHM-ut^[1]) is a tidal extension of the Hunt River in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.^[2] It runs approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km).^[3]

Course

The river begins in name just south of Old Forge Road in Warwick where the river becomes the southern boundary of Potowomut Neck, an exclave of Warwick. It flows roughly northeast between Warwick and North Kingstown until its mouth at Narragansett Bay.

Crossings

Old Forge Road in Warwick is the only crossing over the Potowomut River.

Tributaries

The Potowomut River has no named or unnamed tributaries.

See also

• List of rivers in Rhode Island
• Hunt River
• Narragansett Bay

References

1. Farzan, Antonia Noori. "Rhode Island pronunciation guide: 35 names that visitors and even some locals get wrong". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Potowomut River
3. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011