Destinations · Rhode Island
RI · 41.5000, -71.6667
Shannock Road, Ministerial Road and Route 102 (Ten Rod Road) are 3 of 10 signed byways within 30 miles of Richmond, Rhode Island.
Understand
Richmond was incorporated as a town by the General Assembly of Rhode Island on August 18, 1747. The name of the town is said to derive from that of Edward Richmond, the state's colonial attorney general from 1677 to 1680. Tradition holds that the first settlers of Richmond were a married couple, John Babcock and Mary Lawson, whose son James was the first non-Native American child born in Narragansett territory. (The story is likely a later invention.)
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Richmond. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
National Scenic Byway · 15 mi out
National Scenic Byway · 19 mi out
State scenic byway · 3 mi out
State scenic byway · 6 mi out
State scenic byway · 6 mi out
State scenic byway · 9 mi out
State scenic byway · 21 mi out
State scenic byway · 23 mi out
State scenic byway · 25 mi out
State scenic byway · 30 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 · 4 h window · 68 mi
3 h 55 loop · 5 stops · back by 7:55 PM. Incorporates Connecticut State Route 169.
Touches Connecticut State Route 169, Revolutionary Heritage Byway, State Routes 49 & 14A
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 225 mi
7 h 44 loop · 5 stops · back by 7:44 PM. Incorporates Connecticut State Route 169.
Touches Connecticut State Route 169, Revolutionary Heritage Byway, State Routes 49 & 14A
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Richmond: 4 h, 68 miles, 5 stops; and 8 h, 225 miles, 5 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 4 h loop stops at Tefft Hill, Warwick Center for the Arts, Bowen Hill, March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Plainfield Pike and Ekonk 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.