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2. Fort Adams State Park - Wikipedia

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   The area was originally owned by William Brenton, who called the region "Hammersmith," [4] a name that survives in the name of the adjacent Hammersmith Farm.Following its long tenure as a military installation, the State of Rhode Island took possession of Fort Adams for use as a state park in 1965.

3. List of Rhode Island state parks - Wikipedia

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   The "Jewel" of the state park system Fishermen's Memorial State Park: Narragansett: Washington: 91 acres 37 ha: 1970: Oceanside camping Fort Adams State Park: Newport: Newport: 100 acres 40 ha: 1965: Site of the Newport Jazz Festival and Fort Wetherill State Park: Jamestown: Newport: 61.5 acres 24.9 ha: 1972: Sightseeing, scuba diving Goddard ...

4. Lincoln Woods State Park - Wikipedia

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   Lincoln Woods State Park is a public recreation area covering 627 acres (254 ha) around Olney Pond four miles (6.4 km) northwest of Pawtucket in the town of Lincoln, Rhode Island. [3] The state park is known for its giant glacial boulders and the stony nature of its terrain which prevented most of the parkland from being used as farmland or for ...

5. Haines Memorial State Park - Wikipedia

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   Haines Memorial State Park is public recreation area in the town of Barrington on the northeastern side of Narragansett Bay, six miles (9.7 km) south of East Providence, Rhode Island. The state park offers picnicking, play fields, fishing and boating facilities, and is a stop on the East Bay Bike Path .

6. Brenton Point State Park - Wikipedia

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   Brenton Point State Park is a public recreation area occupying 89 acres (36 ha) at the southwestern tip of Aquidneck Island in the city of Newport, Rhode Island. The state park offers wide vistas of the Atlantic Ocean where it meets Narragansett Bay. [4] The park lies adjacent to the Newport Country Club, part of Newport's Ocean Drive Historic ...

7. Rocky Point State Park - Wikipedia

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   Rocky Point State Park is a passive use state park on Narragansett Bay in Warwick, Rhode Island. The land has been a public attraction since the mid-1800s, most notably as Rocky Point Amusement Park. When the amusement park closed in 1995, it sat abandoned for years until the city and state purchased the land in stages between 2008 and 2013.

8. Colt State Park - Wikipedia

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   Many of Colt Park's statues were relocated to Linden Place for safe keeping. In 1965, the State of Rhode Island took over Colt Farm via eminent domain, and on August 21, 1968, the lands were dedicated as Colt State Park by Rhode Island Governor John Chafee. [3] A statue of Chafee was erected in the park in 2003. [5]

9. Beavertail State Park - Wikipedia

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   Beavertail State Park is a public recreation area encompassing 153 acres (62 ha) at the southern end of Conanicut Island in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. The state park 's main attraction is the active Beavertail Lighthouse , the current tower of which dates from 1856.