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Beavertail State Park
- Established
- 1980
- Acreage
- 153 · 153 acres on the southern tip of Conanicut Island in Narragansett Bay
- Location
- Newport County, RI (Jamestown)
- Key features
- Beavertail Lighthouse (current tower 1856; third-oldest light station site in the U.S., first lit 1749); rocky Atlantic shoreline; tide pools; WWII-era Fort Burnside ruins
- Activities
- Saltwater fishing, hiking, picnicking, lighthouse museum tours, photography, bird watching
- Notable
- Site of the third-oldest lighthouse location in the United States, behind Boston Light (1716) and Great Point on Nantucket (1746)
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Source: riparks.ri.gov · 2026-05-14