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Shoreline view from the tower of a lighthouse on Block Island
Shoreline view from the tower of a lighthouse on Block Island (Todd Gipstein/National Geographic/Getty)

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Block Island Travel Guide

Viewed from above or on a map, Block Island looks like a pork chop with a big bite taken out of the middle. Only 7 miles long and 3 miles wide, it is edged with long stretches of beach lifting at points into dramatic bluffs. The interior is dimpled with undulating hills, only rarely reaching above 150 feet in elevation. Its hollows and clefts cradle over 300 sweet-water ponds, some no larger than a backyard swimming pool. That "bite" out of the western edge of the "chop" is Great Salt Pond, which almost succeeds in cutting the island in two, but, as it is, serves as a fine protected harbor for fleets of pleasure boats. Read More

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Hotels

from: $349

The Chanler at Cliff Walk

117 Memorial Blvd
Newport, RI 02840 Map

Distance: 25.1 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 3 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended
5.0
from: $74

Hilton Mystic at the Aquarium

20 Coogan Boulevard
Mystic, CT 06355-1900 Map

Distance: 24.2 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 3 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended
from: $129

Hyatt Regency Newport

1 Goat Island
Newport, RI 02840 Map

Distance: 24.7 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 4 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended

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Attractions

Fort Adams

expert favorite attraction
off Harrison Avenue, State Park
Eisenhower Trust Building, 1 Lincoln Drive
Newport, Rhode Island 02840

Distance: 24.8 mi. (from destination center)
Expert Rated & Recommended
5_0
5_0

Newport Historical Society Walking Tours

expert favorite attraction
82 Touro Street
Newport, Rhode Island 02840

Distance: 25.0 mi. (from destination center)
Expert Rated & Recommended
5_0
4_0

Cliff Walk

expert favorite attraction
Memorial Blvd.
Newport, Rhode Island 02840

Distance: 25.2 mi. (from destination center)

Description: Along the eastern shore of Newport on popular Easton's Beach, you'll find a world-famous,... Read More
Expert Rated & Recommended
5_0
5_0

Airports

Major Airports near Block Island

Distance (mi.)
Bradley International Airport 77.8 map
Boston Logan International Airport 86.7 map
New York John F Kennedy International Airport 121.9 map

Other Smaller Airports near Block Island

Distance (mi.)
Westerly State Airport 14.7 map
Providence Theodore Francis Airport 38.6 map
Hyannis Barnstable Airport 74.5 map

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