Destinations · Rhode Island
RI · 41.1754, -71.5782
Ministerial Road, Shannock Road and State Routes 49 & 14A are 3 of 6 signed byways within 30 miles of Block Island, Rhode Island.
Understand
New England has always been one of America's many summer destinations of choice. Every year couples and families flock to the coast looking for seafood, sun, and a strip of sandy beach to call their own. They stay in bed and breakfasts on Martha's Vineyard, rent houses in Cape Cod, and stretch out on Narragansett beaches. Block Island has become a new destination for those embarking on their annual summer exodus. Located off the coast of Rhode Island, Block Island has become one of the most appealing New England summer hotspots.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Block Island. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
National Scenic Byway · 28 mi out
State scenic byway · 15 mi out
State scenic byway · 19 mi out
State scenic byway · 22 mi out
State scenic byway · 27 mi out
State scenic byway · 28 mi out
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Loop 1 · 8 h window · 165 mi
7 h 44 loop · 9 stops · back by 7:43 PM. Incorporates Revolutionary Heritage Byway.
Touches Revolutionary Heritage Byway, Ministerial Road, Veteran's Memorial Parkway
Byway's engine bakes one loop from Block Island: 8 h, 165 miles, 9 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 8 h loop stops at Galilee Bird Sanctuary, Townsend Hill, USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Battleship Cove, Naturescape, A World of Adaptations, Andrews Hill, Hinkley Hill and Cooky Hill. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.