Take a gallery hop along Rhode Island Sound and hunt the
many antique shops for the treasures of bone and stone
brought back by the Sea Captains of the China Trade.
If you start at the Gilded Age mansions of Newport RI, you
pass through wine country and the elegant mansions
(summer homes) of the industrialist.
Joshua Slocum, the first ever to sail solo around the world,
ended his three year voyage of circumnavigation in the
harbor of Newport
Head north along Rhode Island Sound for the whaling town
of New Bedford, the town where Slocum started his
voyage. Following the Coastal Villages Trail along Rhode
Island Sound. The road will take you through tiny
settlements where the sea captains of the 1840s had built
their Mansard-roofed mansions and salt box retreats.
These old buildings have become antique shops, art
galleries, farm stands, wine tasting vineyards, and historic
museum homes along the Coastal Villages Trail,
many antique shops for the treasures of bone and stone
brought back by the Sea Captains of the China Trade.
If you start at the Gilded Age mansions of Newport RI, you
pass through wine country and the elegant mansions
(summer homes) of the industrialist.
Joshua Slocum, the first ever to sail solo around the world,
ended his three year voyage of circumnavigation in the
harbor of Newport
Head north along Rhode Island Sound for the whaling town
of New Bedford, the town where Slocum started his
voyage. Following the Coastal Villages Trail along Rhode
Island Sound. The road will take you through tiny
settlements where the sea captains of the 1840s had built
their Mansard-roofed mansions and salt box retreats.
These old buildings have become antique shops, art
galleries, farm stands, wine tasting vineyards, and historic
museum homes along the Coastal Villages Trail,
Coastal Villages Trail's Little Compton Commons is a New England village
square forgotten by time. The juncture of three old country roads retains the flavor of
the old New England seacoast whaling villages and farming communities that lived to
fish, to farm, and to pray on Sunday; the common’s white clapboard church, the
tallest building in town, looms over the center of the green surrounded by old
gravestones wreathed in a patina of lichen beneath shading maples.
The Coastal villages Trail leads from the commons to the west branch of the
Westport River and then north where it parallels the river to Adamsville.
This area, according to legend, was the, "Valley of Sin" because rum runners once
rowed up the estuary in the dark of night to deliver illegal whisky near the gristmill.
Lamplights line the street where two general stores, the Barn Restaurant, and
several gift shops surround the plaque to the crowing rights for Adamsville, the region’
s development of the Rhode Island Red, a variety of rooster world renown
commemorated with a bronze plaque in front of the baseball park.
square forgotten by time. The juncture of three old country roads retains the flavor of
the old New England seacoast whaling villages and farming communities that lived to
fish, to farm, and to pray on Sunday; the common’s white clapboard church, the
tallest building in town, looms over the center of the green surrounded by old
gravestones wreathed in a patina of lichen beneath shading maples.
The Coastal villages Trail leads from the commons to the west branch of the
Westport River and then north where it parallels the river to Adamsville.
This area, according to legend, was the, "Valley of Sin" because rum runners once
rowed up the estuary in the dark of night to deliver illegal whisky near the gristmill.
Lamplights line the street where two general stores, the Barn Restaurant, and
several gift shops surround the plaque to the crowing rights for Adamsville, the region’
s development of the Rhode Island Red, a variety of rooster world renown
commemorated with a bronze plaque in front of the baseball park.
Further on the Coastal villages Trail, the Westport Rivers Vineyard and Winery conducts tours of the
processing rooms and a tasting gathered around their herb garden.
The rolling hills bathed in coastal mist from Rhode Island Sound have a climate akin to that of northern France
and produce some fine still and sparkling white wines.
Nearby in the fishing port of Westport Point you can see antique houses like the house of Stephen Davis,
1770, once a designer of ship hulls, John Head, 1776, builder of colonial homes, and Gideon Davis an 1827
Captain of a whaling square rigger.
The preserved homes of the 19th Century seafarers line the narrow main street terminating at the docks from
where the whalers once sailed the world and now lobstermen and gill-netters coax a living from the sea.
Nearby find the Horseneck Beach bike trails and campgrounds. Horseneck Beach State Park
processing rooms and a tasting gathered around their herb garden.
The rolling hills bathed in coastal mist from Rhode Island Sound have a climate akin to that of northern France
and produce some fine still and sparkling white wines.
Nearby in the fishing port of Westport Point you can see antique houses like the house of Stephen Davis,
1770, once a designer of ship hulls, John Head, 1776, builder of colonial homes, and Gideon Davis an 1827
Captain of a whaling square rigger.
The preserved homes of the 19th Century seafarers line the narrow main street terminating at the docks from
where the whalers once sailed the world and now lobstermen and gill-netters coax a living from the sea.
Nearby find the Horseneck Beach bike trails and campgrounds. Horseneck Beach State Park
Karla Young's Farm Stand
Herman Melville
visited New
Bedford's Seamen’
s Bethel and
gathered detail for
his tales of Moby
Dick. The whaling
Museum in New
Bedford across the
street displays
Slocum
memorabilia.
visited New
Bedford's Seamen’
s Bethel and
gathered detail for
his tales of Moby
Dick. The whaling
Museum in New
Bedford across the
street displays
Slocum
memorabilia.
Allen “Pappy” Manley and wife
Nancy run the Alderbrook farm,
a family operation since 1898.
Nancy run the Alderbrook farm,
a family operation since 1898.
The eastern terminus of the Coastal Villages Trail leads to Padanaram, home since
1938 of the famous Concordia sailing yawls and a place of worship for small
boat sailors.
Back in 1898, an event largely overlooked occurred near here when retired China
Trade Sea Captain Joshua Slocum returned after a three-year solo
circumnavigation of the globe in his 37-foot oyster sloop, Spray, the first ever solo
voyage around the world.
He wrote an ingenuous no-frills adventure yarn in vigorous prose sure to please.
To the west, Fall River attracts travelers with its factory outlets and the
steel-hulled warships at the floating Museum of Battleship Cove. There you can
tour the Battleship Massachusetts, the Submarine Lionfish, the Destroyer J P
Kennedy, two PT boats, and a Russian guided-missile cruiser . Nearby, outlet malls
occupy old mill buildings.
The New England Sea Captains could have never imagined such ships of steel on
their Coastal Village Trail,
1938 of the famous Concordia sailing yawls and a place of worship for small
boat sailors.
Back in 1898, an event largely overlooked occurred near here when retired China
Trade Sea Captain Joshua Slocum returned after a three-year solo
circumnavigation of the globe in his 37-foot oyster sloop, Spray, the first ever solo
voyage around the world.
He wrote an ingenuous no-frills adventure yarn in vigorous prose sure to please.
To the west, Fall River attracts travelers with its factory outlets and the
steel-hulled warships at the floating Museum of Battleship Cove. There you can
tour the Battleship Massachusetts, the Submarine Lionfish, the Destroyer J P
Kennedy, two PT boats, and a Russian guided-missile cruiser . Nearby, outlet malls
occupy old mill buildings.
The New England Sea Captains could have never imagined such ships of steel on
their Coastal Village Trail,
Along the coastal roads in the mid 1800s
lived Sea Captains like Joshua Slocum,
a Captain of the China Trade. When he
retired he sailed alone around the world
in a thirty seven foot sloop, the first ever
to do so.
He started in Fairhaven near the whaling
village of New Bedford by rebuilding a
derelict sloop.
We can still get the flavor of the times by
visiting the seaports and fishing villages
where the Sea Captains lived and
worked along the Coastal Villages Trail.
lived Sea Captains like Joshua Slocum,
a Captain of the China Trade. When he
retired he sailed alone around the world
in a thirty seven foot sloop, the first ever
to do so.
He started in Fairhaven near the whaling
village of New Bedford by rebuilding a
derelict sloop.
We can still get the flavor of the times by
visiting the seaports and fishing villages
where the Sea Captains lived and
worked along the Coastal Villages Trail.
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Ice cream shops, antique galleries, and wineries
on the Coastal Villages Trail
on the Coastal Villages Trail
Rhode Island's
Coastal Villages Trail
Coastal Villages Trail
“ I was born
in the
breezes and I
had studied
the sea as
perhaps few
men have
studied it,
neglecting
all else.”
in the
breezes and I
had studied
the sea as
perhaps few
men have
studied it,
neglecting
all else.”
Horseneck Beach
Karla Young cuts flowers
for her farm stand in Little
Compton Rhode Island
for her farm stand in Little
Compton Rhode Island
Triverton’s Four Corners offers a cluster of 30 art and craft
galleries, a gourmet bakery, ample parking in the back of
the shops and Grays ice cream stand.
Further along, Karla Young runs Young’s Family Farm on
Route 71 in Little Compton where you can find fresh fruit
and vegetables from the 180 acre farm that she and
husband Tyler run. .
galleries, a gourmet bakery, ample parking in the back of
the shops and Grays ice cream stand.
Further along, Karla Young runs Young’s Family Farm on
Route 71 in Little Compton where you can find fresh fruit
and vegetables from the 180 acre farm that she and
husband Tyler run. .
Little Compton
Commons
Commons
Sailing Narragansett
Bay
Bay
Coastal Villages Trail, Rhode Island, Newport to Little Compton
The Coastal Villages Trail Rhode Island
describes a Network of Roads that runs
along Rhode Island Sound from Little
Compton RI to the Village of New Bedford,
MA
describes a Network of Roads that runs
along Rhode Island Sound from Little
Compton RI to the Village of New Bedford,
MA
Rhode Island's Coastal Villages Trail
Battleship Cove Fall River
Buzzards Bay Brewing
http://www.buzzardsbrew.com/
Coastal Wineries
http://www.coastalwinetrail.com
New Bedford Whaling Museum
http://www.whalingmuseum.org/
New Bedford history of whaling.
http://www.buzzardsbrew.com/
Coastal Wineries
http://www.coastalwinetrail.com
New Bedford Whaling Museum
http://www.whalingmuseum.org/
New Bedford history of whaling.
Zeiterion Theatre
http://www.zeiterion.org
Vines to Wines Tours
http://www.vinestowinestours.com
B&B will arrange transportation from their Inn to the area's wineries.
Northeast Wineries
www.NortheastWineries.com
http://www.zeiterion.org
Vines to Wines Tours
http://www.vinestowinestours.com
B&B will arrange transportation from their Inn to the area's wineries.
Northeast Wineries
www.NortheastWineries.com
Horseneck Beach camping
Wine Tasting
How to Reach The Coastal Villages Trail: Boston is the nearest large city to The area along
Rhode Island Sound and the coastal Villages Trail.
Air service reaches Boston from other major hubs and cities. Rental cars are available at the airport.
From Boston take Route 93 to Route 24. to Newport Rhode Island 73 miles.
Rhode Island Sound and the coastal Villages Trail.
Air service reaches Boston from other major hubs and cities. Rental cars are available at the airport.
From Boston take Route 93 to Route 24. to Newport Rhode Island 73 miles.
Battleship Cove
Fall River
Fall River
From the south, New York City is a 130 mile drive on Route I-95 north to Providence.
Air service reaches Boston from other major hubs and cities. Rental cars are available
at the airport.
Airlines serve Providence RI (Warwick RI. (PVD) TF Green Airport) and Hartford
Conn. (BDL) Bradley International Airport, smaller cities closer to Newport than
Boston or NY
Air service reaches Boston from other major hubs and cities. Rental cars are available
at the airport.
Airlines serve Providence RI (Warwick RI. (PVD) TF Green Airport) and Hartford
Conn. (BDL) Bradley International Airport, smaller cities closer to Newport than
Boston or NY
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The Coastal Villages Trail Rhode Island runs
through Westport on a Network of Roads that runs
along Rhode Island Sound from Little Compton RI
to the City of New Bedford, MA
through Westport on a Network of Roads that runs
along Rhode Island Sound from Little Compton RI
to the City of New Bedford, MA
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