Bird Watching and Nature Walks

A bird lovers 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

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

Kayak Today
South Kingstown

Kimball Wildlife Sanctuary
Charlestown

Long Pond Woods
Hopkinton

Newton Swamp Management Area
Westerly

Nicholas Farm Management Area
Coventry

Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge
Charlestown

Ninigret Park
Charlestown

Pawtuxet River Greenway and Heritage Corridor
Coventry

Rockville Management Area
Hopkinton

Saugatucket River Greenway
South Kingstown

Smith's Castle
North Kingstown

Step Stone 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

Beavertail Lighthouse Museum
Jamestown

Cliff Walk
Newport

Conanicut Island
Jamestown

Dutch Island Management Area
Jamestown

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

Second Beach/Sachuest Town Beach
Middletown

Simmons Mill Pond Management Area
Little Compton

Third Beach
Middletown

Watson Farm
Jamestown

Whitehall Museum House
Middletown

Blackstone Valley & Northern Rhode Island

Addieville East Farm
Burrillville

Black Hut Management Area
Burrillville

Buck Hill Management Area
Burrillville

Durfee Hill Management Area
Glocester

Fort Nature Refuge
North Smithfield

George Washington Management Area
Glocester

Grace Note Farm Inn
Burrillville

Homestead Gardens
North Smithfield

John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
Woonsocket

Joseph O. "Brock" Blanchard Memorial Management Area
Burrillville

Killingly Pond Management Area
Glocester

Lincoln Woods State Park
Lincoln

Monastery, The
Cumberland

Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge
Smithfield

Sunset Stables
Lincoln

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
East Providence

Hunt House, John
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
New Shoreham

Rodman's Hollow
New Shoreham

Rustic Rides Farm
New Shoreham

Warwick & West Bay

Eastern Mountain Sports Climbing School
Cranston

Foster Town House
Foster

John L. Curran Management Area
Cranston

Warwick City Park/Buttonwoods Beach
Warwick