Things to Do in Newport

Things to Do in Newport

Sights Overview
Name Category Location
 
Astors' Beechwood
The original mistress of this oceanfront mansion, Caroline Schermerhorn...
Houses / Mansions Newport
 
Belcourt Castle
Richard Morris Hunt based his design for this 60-room mansion...
Houses / Mansions Newport
 
The Breakers
The largest of the Newport mansions was built in 1895 for Cornelius...
Houses / Mansions Newport
 
Chateau-sur-Mer
Bellevue Avenue's first stone mansion was built in the Victorian...
Houses / Mansions Newport
 
Chepstow
This Italianate-style villa with a mansard roof is not as grand...
Houses / Mansions Newport
 
Cliff Walk
The spectacular 3½-mi Cliff Walk runs south along Newport's...
Viewpoints, Trails Newport
 
Colony House
This 1739 redbrick structure above downtown's Washington Square...
Houses / Mansions Newport
 
Common Burial Ground
On Farewell Street, which is lined with historic cemeteries...
Cemeteries Newport
 
Easton's Beach
Easton's Beach, also known as First Beach, is popular for its...
Beaches Newport
 
Fort Adams
Fort Adams, a small beach with a picnic area and lifeguards in...
Beaches Newport
 
Great Friends Meeting House
Built in 1699, this is the oldest house of worship in Rhode Island...
Religious Sites Newport
 
Hunter House
The French admiral Charles Louis d'Arsac de Ternay used this...
Houses / Mansions Newport
 
International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum
The photographs, memorabilia, and multimedia exhibits at the...
Museums / Galleries Newport
 
International Yacht Restoration School
This school, off Thames Street in a former power plant, lets...
Educational Institutions Newport
 
Isaac Bell House
Designed by McKim, Mead & White, this 1883 home for wealthy...
Houses / Mansions Newport
 
Kingscote
This Gothic Revival mansion, completed in 1841, was one of Newport's...
Houses / Mansions Newport
 
Marble House
One of the most opulent of the Newport mansions, Marble House...
Houses / Mansions Newport
 
Museum of Newport History
This restored brick market building houses a museum that explores...
Museums / Galleries Newport
 
Museum of Yachting
The museum has four displays: the Single-Handed Sailors Hall...
Museums / Galleries Newport
 
Newport Art Museum and Art Association
Richard Morris Hunt designed the Stick-style 1862 Victorian that...
Museums / Galleries Newport
 
Newport Mansions
Architect Horace Trumbauer modeled this graceful 48-room French...
Houses / Mansions Newport
 
Norman Bird Sanctuary
About 7 mi of trails, from 0.25-mi to 1.2-mi long, loop through...
Nature Preserves Newport
 
Preservation Society of Newport County
Eleven historic properties are maintained by the Preservation...
Architectural Sites Newport
 
Redwood Library & Athenaeum
This Roman templelike building was built in 1747 and has been...
Libraries Newport
 
Rosecliff
Newport's most romantic mansion was built in 1902, commissioned...
Houses / Mansions Newport
 
Rough Point
The late tobacco heiress and preservationist Doris Duke hosted...
Houses / Mansions Newport
 
Sachuest Beach
Sachuest Beach, or Second Beach, east of First Beach in the Sachuest...
Beaches Newport
 
Third Beach
Third Beach, in the Sachuest Point area of Middletown, is on...
Beaches Newport
 
Touro Synagogue
Jews were attracted by Rhode Island's religious tolerance; they...
Religious Sites Newport
 
Trinity Episcopal Church
This Colonial beauty was built in 1724 and modeled after London...
Religious Sites Newport
 
Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House
This late-17th-century residence presents a window on the Colonial...
Houses / Mansions Newport
 
White Horse Tavern
William Mayes, the father of a successful and notorious pirate...
Architectural Sites Newport
Sights Overview »