A Last Great Place

The Ultimate Escape Getaway

More than one-third of Block Island is conserved land and there has been an extensive effort to keep the island's natural bounty and remarkable landscape preserved and intact.

This work is a continual process and applies not only to natural resources. When the 125-year old Southeast Lighthouse was in danger of toppling off the bluffs, funds were raised to move the lighthouse back to keep this antique structure for future generations to enjoy.

The population rises from 800 to an estimated 12,000 people in the summer, and it is our visitors' regard and respect for the island that insure this "Last Great Place" is maintained as a beautiful and natural habitat for all.

Here's what you can do:

• Take your trash with you and dispose of it!
• Avoid the dunes! A continuing effort is being made to restore and preserve them, and so much as a footstep can ruin years of nature's work.
• Boaters... Great Salt Pond has a convenient and free pump-out service. Use Channel 68 and help keep the Great Salt Pond great.
• Moped users are asked to stay on the side of the road and avoid dirt roads altogether.
• Trail systems are for hikers only; no bikes!
• Take precaution against deer ticks.