Bird Watching and Nature Walks

A bird lover's haven

Rhode Island offers hundreds of acres of scrub and forest providing an opportunity to observe the coastal ecosystem. A typical coastline habitat is home to a wide variety of songbirds, shore birds, and wading birds.

Natural park lands offer hundreds of acres, featuring hiking trails, excellent bird-watching, and natural photography spots. Many parks offer blinds for observing and photographing nature.

Properties listed below are grouped by region, then alphabetical by property name. Clicking a property name will display additional information.

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• South County

  • Arcadia Management Area
    Exeter
  • Big River Management Area
    West Greenwich
  • Black Farm Management Area
    Hopkinton
  • Burlingame Management Area
    Charlestown
  • Carolina Management Area
    Richmond
  • Casey Farm
    North Kingstown
  • Coventry Greenway
    Coventry
  • Davis Memorial Wildlife Refuge
    North Kingstown
  • Dutch Island Management Area
    South Kingstown
  • Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge
    Exeter
  • George B. Parker Woodland
    Coventry
  • Gilbert Stuart Birthplace
    North Kingstown
  • Great Swamp Management Area
    South Kingstown
  • John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge at Pettaquamscutt Cove
    Narragansett
  • Killingly Pond Management Area
    South Kingstown
  • Kimball Wildlife Sanctuary
    Charlestown
  • Newton Swamp Management Area
    Westerly
  • Nicholas Farm Management Area
    Coventry
  • Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge
    Charlestown
  • Ninigret Park
    Charlestown
  • Rockville Management Area
    Hopkinton
  • Saugatucket River Greenway
    South Kingstown
  • Smith's Castle
    North Kingstown
  • Stepstone Falls
    West Greenwich
  • Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge
    South Kingstown
  • Whispering Pines Conference Center
    West Greenwich
  • Wickaboxet Management Area
    West Greenwich
  • William C. O'Neill Bike Path
    South Kingstown
  • Woody Hill Management Area
    Westerly

• Newport County

  • Cliff Walk
    Newport
  • Emile Ruecker Wildlife Refuge
    Tiverton
  • Fort Barton
    Tiverton
  • Gansett Cruises
    Newport
  • Melville Pond Recreation Area
    Portsmouth
  • Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
    Portsmouth
  • Norman Bird Sanctuary and Museum
    Middletown
  • Oakland Forest
    Portsmouth
  • Prescott Farm
    Middletown
  • Prudence-Patience Islands Management Area
    Portsmouth
  • Rose Island Lighthouse
    Newport
  • Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
    Middletown
  • Sakonnet Point Lighthouse
    Little Compton
  • Sapowet Management Area
    Tiverton
  • Simmons Mill Pond Management Area
    Little Compton
  • Watson Farm
    Jamestown
  • Whitehall Museum House
    Middletown

• Blackstone Valley & Northern Rhode Island

  • Addieville East Farm
    Burrillville
  • Audubon Society of Rhode Island
    Smithfield
  • Black Hut Management Area
    Burrillville
  • Buck Hill Management Area
    Burrillville
  • Durfee Hill Management Area
    Glocester
  • Fort Nature Refuge
    North Smithfield
  • Foster Town House
    Foster
  • George Washington Management Area
    Glocester
  • Grace Note Farm Inn
    Burrillville
  • John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
    Woonsocket
  • Joseph O. "Brock" Blanchard Memorial Management Area
    Burrillville
  • Lincoln Woods State Park
    Lincoln
  • Long Pond Woods
    Smithfield
  • Monastery, The
    Cumberland
  • Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge
    Smithfield
  • World War II Memorial State Park
    Woonsocket

• East Bay

  • Audubon Society of Rhode Island Enviromental Education Center
    Bristol
  • Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum
    Bristol
  • Colt State Park
    Bristol
  • East Bay Bike Path
    Bristol
  • John Hunt House
    East Providence
  • Mt. Hope Farm
    Bristol
  • Touisset Marsh Wildlife Refuge
    Warren
  • Warren Town Hall
    Warren

• Block Island

  • Block Island Greenways
    New Shoreham
  • Block Island National Wildlife Refuge
    New Shoreham
  • Lewis-Dickens Farm
    New Shoreham
  • Nature Conservancy
    New Shoreham
  • North Light Commission
    New Shoreham
  • Rodman's Hollow
    New Shoreham
  • Rustic Rides Farm
    New Shoreham

• Warwick & West Bay

  • John L. Curran Management Area
    Cranston
  • Pawtuxet River Greenway and Heritage Corridor
    Scituate
  • Warwick City Park/Buttonwoods Beach
    Warwick