List of Rhode Island state parks
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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates There are twenty-two major facilities that make up the RI State Park system. This includes eight state (saltwater) beaches and five (non-surf) beaches, along with smaller public use lands managed by the Division of Parks and Recreation within the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. Script error: No such module "Location map/multi".
State parks
| Name | Town | County | Area | Estab- lished |
Image | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beavertail State Park | Jamestown | Newport | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1980 | Operational lighthouse, ocean views | ||
| Blackstone River Bikeway State Park | Cumberland, Lincoln, Woonsocket | Providence | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1998 | One leg of the East Coast Greenway | ||
| Brenton Point State Park | Newport | Newport | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1974 | Host site of the Newport Kite Festival | ||
| Burlingame State Park | Charlestown | Washington | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1930 | Camping and recreation on and around Watchaug Pond | ||
| Colt State Park | Bristol | Bristol | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1965 | The "Jewel" of the state park system | ||
| Fishermen's Memorial State Park | Narragansett | Washington | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1970 | Oceanside camping | ||
| Fort Adams State Park | Newport | Newport | approx. Script error: No such module "convert". | 1965 | Site of the Newport Jazz Festival and | ||
| Fort Wetherill State Park | Jamestown | Newport | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1972 | Sightseeing, scuba diving | ||
| Goddard Memorial State Park | Warwick | Kent | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1927 | Golf course, bridle trails, swimming, performing arts center | ||
| Haines Memorial State Park | Barrington | Bristol | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1911 | Boating access to Narragansett Bay | ||
| Lincoln Woods State Park | Lincoln | Providence | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1908 | Freshwater beaches on Olney Pond | ||
| Pulaski State Park | Glocester | Providence | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1939 | Day use facility in Chepachet, within the George Washington Management Area | ||
| Rocky Point State Park | Warwick | Kent | Script error: No such module "convert". | 2014 | Coastal park on the former site of Rocky Point Amusement Park, which operated from the 1840s-1995. | ||
| Snake Den State Park | Johnston | Providence | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1969 | Undeveloped historic farm property | ||
| World War II Memorial State Park | Woonsocket | Providence | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1977 | City-managed park; site of annual fall festival | ||
State beaches
| Name | Town | County | Area | Estab- lished |
Image | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlestown Breachway State Beach | Charlestown | Washington | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1952 | Camping, beach activities | ||
| East Beach State Beach | Charlestown | Washington | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1967 | Expanded by 250 acres in 2006; small, seasonal campground | ||
| East Matunuck State Beach | South Kingstown | Washington | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1956 | Modern beach pavilion opened in 2012 | ||
| Misquamicut State Beach | Westerly | Washington | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1959 | Beach pavilion opened in 1999; site of spring and fall music festivals | ||
| Roger Wheeler State Beach | Narragansett | Washington | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1929 | Facilities redesigned and renovated in 1997 | ||
| Salty Brine State Beach | Narragansett | Washington | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1954 | New beach pavilion and boardwalk added in 2010 | ||
| Scarborough State Beaches | Narragansett | Washington | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1937 | Two units; swimming, observation tower, boardwalk | ||
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Other Division of Parks and Recreation lands
The State of Rhode Island Division of Parks and Recreation manages other state lands which do not have a state park or state beach designation.
| Name | County | Town | Area | Established | Image | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia Management Area | Kent, Washington | Exeter, Hopkinton, Richmond, West Greenwich | Script error: No such module "convert". | State's largest recreational area | ||
| Beach Pond | Washington | Exeter | Managed by the Division of Forest Environment; extends into Voluntown, Connecticut | |||
| East Bay Bike Path State Park | Bristol, Providence | Barrington, East Providence, Warren | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1987 | Another leg of the East Coast Greenway | |
| George Washington State Campground | Providence | Glocester | Script error: No such module "convert". | Overnight camping facility in Chepachet, within the George Washington Management Area | ||
| John H. Chafee Nature Preserve | Washington | North Kingstown |
References
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Note: All data come from the respective state park's webpage unless otherwise noted.
External links
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- Rhode Island State Parks Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Parks & Recreation
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