Newport Harbor's history spans well over 300 years. This Colonial shipping hub, U.S. Navy center during the Wars, resort to the Industrial Barons, and past home of the America's Cup races offers an abundant variety of historical and waterfront scenery.
Just as visitors to Newport can enjoy the fabulous Cliff Walk on Newport's south-eastern shore and Ten Mile Drive [Ocean Drive], on Newport's southern shore ... they can walk along the harbor waterfront community on Newport's north-western shore.
Newport's Harbor Walk is a community effort in which neighborhood groups, residents, the Newport city's park division, businesses, and a variety of non-profit public interest groups are working together on this long term goal to establish this walk along Newport's waterfront. See Earth Day Event, King Park Walkway Improvement Project, and North Trust Historical Marker Sign Dedication for the process in action.
Harbor Walk North covers Newport's historic residential Point Section which was the original colonial center of the city and waterfront. While the British managed to destroy Newport's colonial waterfront by breaking up and burning the wood docks for heat during the War for Independence, this section of the city has retained a surprisingly large number of colonial homes dating in the 1700s. Combined with a number a Victorian gems, this area of Newport is architecturally rich.
The full Harbor Walk North tour starting at Perrotti Park is just under three miles.
Harbor Walk South [Main Harbor] covers Newport's "Active" harbor with a wide selection of boating, sailing, entertainment, history, and night-time action. Here's the typical New England waterfront that now mixes everything from T-shirts, to trendy boutiques, to antique shops, to "Chowda" tasting, to lobster tank looking, to tall ship sailing, to learning how to pour brass marine fittings and bend oak ribs.
While Harbor Walk South is about 2 miles from Stone Pier at King Park to Perrotti Park, the harbor explorer is exposed to multiple diversions ... this is not an area to be rushed. A walking round trip is about four miles.
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