Skip to content
Brenton Point State Park, Newport, RI

Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Sports & OutdoorsOutdoor AdventureFamily FavoriteLocal Gem

Brenton Point State Park

Fly a kite, picnic or fish on Newport's Ocean Drive, at the point where Narragansett Bay meets the Atlantic.

Ocean Drive, Newport, RI 02840 · Newport, RI

About Brenton Point State Park

Brenton Point fills 89 acres at the southwestern tip of Aquidneck Island, on the grounds of a 19th-century estate along Newport's Ocean Drive. The park looks out where Narragansett Bay meets the Atlantic, and people come to picnic, fish, watch birds and fly kites. You can still see the estate's stone observation tower and a World War II gun mount. The granite Portuguese Discovery Monument, with sixteen bollards marking the points of the compass, honors Portuguese navigators.

  • #state park
  • #ocean views
  • #kite flying
  • #picnic spot
  • #fishing

Printable maps

What's around here?

The closest stops to Brenton Point State Park, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Outdoor Adventure

    Ocean Drive

    No admission fee

    Drive 10 miles of Newport shoreline past beaches, Gilded Age mansions, Fort Adams and Brenton Point.

    1.0 mi awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Fort Wetherill State Park

    Check prices

    A former coastal defense battery on Conanicut Island, known for harbor views and scuba diving.

    1.9 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing
    History Buff

    Fort Adams State Park

    No admission fee

    Tour a 19th-century harbor fort, swim at a small bay beach and take in views of Newport Harbor.

    2.0 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Beavertail State Park

    Check prices

    A coastal state park at the southern tip of Conanicut Island, known for its lighthouse, rocky shoreline views, and tide pools.

    2.3 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing

    Belcourt of Newport

    Check prices

    A Gilded Age mansion on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, known for guided tours and an ongoing restoration.

    2.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Sightseeing
    History Buff

    Marble House

    $25–$50

    Tour the Vanderbilts' 50-room marble summer house and its Chinese Tea House above the Atlantic.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    2.6 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

Near Brenton Point State Park

More of the same kind

Keep exploring