Rock Island is an island in Narragansett Bay in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

Rock Island is a small rocky island near Pawtuxet Village and is now connected to the mainland by a causeway. The island is part of the Salter Grove public picnic ground and is the site for a proposed man-made salt marsh using dredged materials. The island contains several unusual fossils.

References

• Narragansett Bay: A Friend's Perspective
• Frederic Denlson, Narragansett Sea and Shore, (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, RI., 1879)
• George L. Seavey, Rhode Island's Coastal Natural Areas.

41°44′59″N71°22′50″W / 41.74972°N 71.38056°W / 41.74972; -71.38056

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