Newport County: Places to Explore

The largest town in Rhode Island's somewhat overlooked but enticing East Bay region, Bristol lies about midway between Newport and Providence. Once a center of boatbuilding, this dapper town that hugs the... Read more

The 9-mi-long, 1-mi-wide landmass that goes by the names Jamestown and Conanicut Island comprises the east and west passages of Narragansett Bay. A military outpost in days gone by, the island was once... Read more

Rolling estates, lovely homes, farmlands, woods, and a gentle western shoreline make Little Compton one of the Ocean State's prettiest areas, although the community lacks for restaurants and accommodations... Read more

The island city of Newport preserves Colonial industry and gilded-age splendor like no other place in the country. Settled in 1639 by a small band of religious dissenters from Massachusetts, Newport earned... Read more

Portsmouth is now mainly a bedroom community for professionals who work in other parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Its founder was Anne Hutchinson, a religious dissident and one of the country's... Read more