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Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge

Address: 
50 Bend Road
Charlestown , RI , 2813
Phone: 401-364-9124
41° 22' 1.5996" N, 71° 41' 7.7784" W
Contact name: 
Janis Nepshinsky
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This refuge is one of five national wildlife refuges in Rhode Island. About 200 million years ago, when the supercontinent Pangaea split, Africa left traces of itself along the shores of Sachuest Point creating the Price Neck Formation. From the mid-1600's to the early 1900's, Sachuest Point was used for farming and sheep grazing.