Fort Adams State Park

Fort Adams State Park is a sightseeing stop in Newport, RI, part of the Mystic & the Connecticut Shore guide. Cost: free.

90 Fort Adams Dr · Newport, RI

Why you should go…

Fort Adams State Park covers 105 acres at the mouth of Newport Harbor, built around a coastal fortification that was active from 1841 into the mid-20th century. You can swim at a small roped beach, picnic, launch a boat and look out over Narragansett Bay. The Fort Adams Trust runs tours of the fort, where you walk the 6.5-acre parade field and enter the casemates. The park is also the home of the Newport Jazz Festival and the Newport Folk Festival.

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What's around here?

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