Aquidneck Island Outdoors
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PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF- cobble beach bordering Narragansett Bay. P9. Ivy Avenue n P39. Saint Mary’s & Sisson HISTORIC SITES SCENIC VIEWS Aquidneck Island Outdoors Nearby Willow and Poplar streets are also Ponds WAY/FISHING/BOAT CRMC public rights-of-way from which This right-of-way is located in Island Park canoes or kayaks may be launched. There at Pole 14, at the intersection of Ivy Avenue Located on Union Street, Saint Mary’s and P25. Fort Butts N6. Forty Steps n Recreation Map RAMPS is no on-site parking available. and Seaconnet Boulevard. The right-of-way Sisson Ponds are stocked with trout, and is a grassy path leading about 20 yards fishing from shore is permitted. These are This site was a key position during Rhode This National Historic Landmark between two houses to a small rocky bank popular spots for birding. Island’s only major Revolutionary War is located at the eastern end of PARKS AND land battle in 1778. Old redoubts are Narragansett Avenue. This site provides N21. Ann Street Pier M22. Esplanade Drive n on the Sakonnet River. A shoreline access sign is present. still discernible, and a marker tells of the access to the midpoint of Cliff Walk. PLAYGROUNDS Located off Thames Street, one block This public right-of-way, located just at the M21. Shore Drive n battle. While Fort Butts is accessible from Forty granite steps lead down the face south of Christie’s Landing, this site is a bend in the road, offers a short path down Butts and Dyer streets, off Sprague Street, of the rocky bluffs above the ocean. public dinghy dock consisting of a long This right-of-way to the shore offers a well Fort Adams a concrete stairway onto Atlantic Beach. there are parking restrictions on both Some parking is available. N40. Abruzzi Park/ wooden pier, benches, and a small area for N15. King’s Beach Fishing maintained stone walkway down to the Roadside parking is limited. Sign present. tidal pools. Limited parking is available. streets. (Butts Street: No parking M-F; Goldberg Field N42. Hunter Park boats to dock. Boat rentals are available. Area Dyer Street: No parking 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.) Adjacent to the dock is a small cobble N14. Ocean Avenue This site is located on Maple Avenue Located along Van Zandt Ave and 3rd Next to Price’s Neck, off Ocean Avenue, beach. This spot is ideal for boater pick- P14. Fountain Avenue n (Ocean Drive)/ near Coddington Highway, near the St, this park has a large open field, 2 is a state-maintained fishing area in a well- M13. Taggart’s Ferry Road n up and drop-off. Parking is limited along P19. Founders Brook Park Community College of Rhode Island. tennis courts, a basketball hoop, and A right-of-way located at Pole 3 in the protected cove. There is also a large, open, Gooseneck Cove Thames Street. This popular fishing spot is located off Indian Founders Brook is marked as the site baseball field. It also includes a beautiful middle of Fountain Avenue, this site is grassy area west of the site and a small This state-maintained coastal road from Avenue and is a 50-foot-wide path leading to of the landing of the first settlers from N20. Aquidneck Park community mural. a grass strip leading about 20 yards to a cobble beach to the south of the parking the end of Bellevue Avenue to Castle the mouth of the Sakonnet River. Boston in 1638. Located on Boyd’s Lane, n concrete wall extending south to a cobble area. Hill and Ridge Road offers breathtaking This park is on Spring Street and is the P4. Anthony Road it also honors the founders of the town site of the Newport Public Library, senior P18. Island Park beach bordering the Sakonnet River. There views of the Atlantic Ocean, rocky and the Portsmouth Charter. center, and Martin Recreation Center. Playground A wide grassy right-of-way at Pole 39 is no parking in the right-of-way. The site is P24. Morningside Lane n shoreline, and historic mansions. offers a shady place to stop and enjoy marked with a blue shoreline access sign. The park offers lighted tennis courts, Located near Portsmouth Park, at the end Gooseberry Beach, Fort Adams, and Located at the end of Ormerod Avenue, beautiful views of Mount Hope Bay and Just west down the street is a concrete a playground, picnic tables, and an open of Morningside Lane off Water Street, this M19. Paradise Valley Park Brenton Point State Park are located this site features playground and athletic the Mount Hope Bridge. An opening in boat ramp with no available parking. field. The Paradise Valley Park grounds hold off Ocean Avenue. Parking is available. facilities for younger children. the rail fence indicates the right-of-way. right-of-way is a grassy path with concrete an 1810 windmill, moved to this site and Gooseneck Cove, at N14 on the map, is No parking is available. stairs leading down to a cobble beach on N13. Ballard Park P11. Gould Avenue n the Sakonnet River. A shoreline access sign restored by the Middletown Historical an Aquidneck Land Trust-preserved site Society, an 1875 one-room schoolhouse where a salt marsh restoration project Located on Wickham Road, off Ruggles This right-of-way is located in Island Park is present. n that now serves as the society museum, undertaken with Save The Bay and the Avenue, across from Rogers High P20. Aquidneck Avenue at Pole 9, at the extension of Gould Avenue walking paths, a stream, gardens, and a city of Newport has restored wildlife School, the site offers scenic views, Located near Portsmouth Park, this site off Seaconnet Boulevard. A kayak launch P3. Mount Hope View Third Beach Road gazebo. The park is located on Paradise habitat and provides scenic vistas. wildlife observation, and hiking through is a right-of-way off Aquidneck Avenue. provides access to the Sakonnet River. The Road n Avenue, and includes a short walking path. wooded paths. Parking can be found on This narrow right-of-way is a grass path site is marked with a blue shoreline access M15. Third Beach Road n adjacent side streets or the high school leading to a set of small concrete steps sign. This site is located in the Common Fence parking lot. between two houses and to a cobble Point area at Pole 56S, at the northernmost This right-of-way is located at the north P28. Patriots Park end of Third Beach. It is a footpath with a shore of the Sakonnet River. The site is end of Anthony Road. The path starts st boardwalk through dune grass to the beach. Patriots Park is a memorial to the 1 King Park marked with a blue shoreline access sign, N30. Goat Island between a picket fence and a fire hydrant. Rhode Island Regiment, known as the and a crosswalk leads to the right-of-way. Connector n The trail winds through the brush about The beach north and south of the access N19. King Park 500 feet to a rocky point surrounded by a way is private. No parking is available. “Black Regiment,” located at the junction Linking Newport to Goat Island, the northbound of Routes 114 (West Main This is a small, grassy park off Wellington cobble beach and intertidal areas. The point P15. Cedar Avenue n causeway is a popular spot for fishing. Road) and 24. It commemorates the site Avenue. The park offers a gazebo, play- affords an excellent view of Mount Hope n Parking is available. P21. Tallman Avenue where the Black Regiment fought off a ground equipment, benches, and a small Located in Island Park at Pole 6, this right- Bay, the surrounding coastal areas, and the Located near Portsmouth Park, at the Hessian attack in 1778 during the Battle but unobstructed beach area and a boat of-way consists of a narrow path that Mount Hope Bridge, and it is a nice spot intersection of Tallman and Atlantic avenues, of Rhode Island. Battery Park ramp. Parking in lot with sticker only. extends northeast from the intersection P16. Green Street n for walking and bird watching. This area is of Cedar Avenue and Beach Street to a closed to shellfishing. this right-of-way is a paved walkway leading Located in Island Park, just off the Coral to a concrete ramp and a set of concrete Purgatory Chasm N32. Battery Park M1. Linden School cobble area bordering the cove. A public Street intersection, this very narrow right- access sign is present. steps to a state-owned cobble beach on the Located on the corner of Battery and Playground of-way runs off Green Street to a grass P5. Narragansett Road n Sakonnet River. The site is marked with a M20. Purgatory Chasm Washington streets, the park is near the path leading to a set of concrete steps to This playground and field is located at blue shoreline access sign. Located on Tuckerman Avenue just city pier, with a cobble and rocky beach Located in the Common Fence Point area P23. Child Street n a salt marsh and tidal flat area at the south south of the junction with Purgatory below. The narrow park offers benches 141 West Main Road. at Pole 40, this site is a right-of-way at a end of Blue Bill Cove. This site is marked by Road, it is a short walk to a rocky with scenic views of Newport Bridge bend in the road near the northern end n N25.