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The Map

Block Island, oriented in five minutes

Seven miles top to bottom, three across, shaped like a pork chop with a pond in the middle. Here's how it fits together.

Drawing the island…

Hover a landmark on desktop — or tap on your phone — for the story and the guide. Zoom (buttons, double-click, or ⌘-scroll) to open up the town: the teal dots are the island's best-known businesses, and their labels appear as you zoom in. Geography drawn from OpenStreetMap survey data; landmark positions are real.

Everything on the island hangs off two harbors. Old Harbor, on the east side, is where the ferries land and where the hotels, bars, and shops cluster — if someone says "in town," they mean here. New Harbor sits on the Great Salt Pond, the big protected water in the island's middle, and belongs to the boats.

South of town the land climbs to the bluffs and the Southeast Light. North of town, Corn Neck Road runs one flat-ish, bikeable line to Sandy Point and the North Light. That's the whole geography — you genuinely cannot get lost for more than ten minutes.

Need turn-by-turn? The street map

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The landmarks that matter

Place Where Why you care
Old Harbor East side Ferry landing, hotels, restaurants — the town.
New Harbor & the Great Salt Pond West-center Marinas, moorings, kayaks, sunsets.
Mohegan Bluffs South shore The clay cliffs and the 141 stairs.
Southeast Lighthouse Southeast corner The brick landmark above the bluffs.
North Light & Sandy Point Northern tip Granite lighthouse, seal country, big walking.
Crescent Beach East shore, north of town The long town beach with the pavilion.
Rodman’s Hollow Southwest Glacial ravine, prime Greenway hiking.
Corn Neck Road The north road The classic bike ride to the North Light.

Getting around the map

Distances are shorter than they look: town to the bluffs is a 15-minute bike ride with one honest hill, and town to the North Light is about four flat miles up Corn Neck. See the getting-around guide for bikes, mopeds, and taxis — and the day-trip plan for the proven route that hits the best of the map in one boat-to-boat day.