Rhode Island Public Lands
0.7% of Rhode Island is federal land: 4,458 of its 677,120 acres (2024 data). The largest federal land manager in Rhode Island is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with 2,435 acres, 0.4% of the state. This guide covers 22 state parks, 1 National Park Service unit, and 5 national wildlife refuges.
Explore Rhode Island public lands by type
Rhode Island public land map
- National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS)
- National wildlife refuges (FWS)
- State parks
Land managed by (switch layers on or off)
Land ownership: USGS PAD-US 4.1, dissolved by manager and simplified (parcels under about 2 square km not shown). Unit boundaries simplified. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
List of all 28 places on this map
State parks (22)
- Beavertail State Park
- Blackstone River Bikeway State Park
- Brenton Point State Park
- Burlingame State Park
- Charlestown Breachway State Beach
- Colt State Park
- East Beach State Beach
- East Matunuck State Beach
- Fishermen's Memorial State Park
- Fort Adams State Park
- Fort Wetherill State Park
- Goddard Memorial State Park
- Haines Memorial State Park
- Lincoln Woods State Park
- Misquamicut State Beach
- Pulaski State Park
- Rocky Point State Park
- Roger Wheeler State Beach
- Salty Brine State Beach
- Snake Den State Park
- World War II Memorial State Park
- World War II Veterans Memorial State Park
National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS) (1)
Who manages Rhode Island's land
| Agency | Acres | Share of Rhode Island |
|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Land Management | 0 | 0% |
| U.S. Forest Service | 0 | 0% |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 2,435 | 0.4% |
| National Park Service | 8 | 0% |
| Department of Defense | 2,015 | 0.3% |
| All federal land | 4,458 | 0.7% |
Source: Congressional Research Service, Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data (R42346), 2024 data, checked 2026-09-30.
Camping on Rhode Island public land
3 of Rhode Island's state parks have developed campgrounds on record; compare them in the Rhode Island state parks table.
Common questions
- 0.7% of Rhode Island is federal land: 4,458 of its 677,120 acres (2024 data).
- The largest federal land manager in Rhode Island is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with 2,435 acres, 0.4% of the state.
- This guide lists 22 Rhode Island state parks and recreation areas, 3 of them with camping on record.
- congress.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
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