It’s beach season, and there’s no shortage of great beach towns in Rhode Island.
And one of them recently landed on the Condé Nast Traveler list of the 17 best beach towns on the East Coast, which could make it exactly what you’re looking for on a hot July day.
“Whether you’re looking to lay out on the sand in summer or prefer walking along the water spotting wildlife and collecting rocks, the shores of the East Coast have a little something for everyone,” Condé Nast stated on its website.
Here’s what beach town in the Ocean State made the list.
Why Newport, RI is No. 6 on the list
An exterior view of The Breakers, the Gilded Age summer home of the Vanderbilt family.
What they said: “Newport is a beach town known for its houses, though a very different sort. Ten enormous, historic mansions—once the summer homes of the Vanderbilts, Nevada silver heiresses, and other Westerners of unimaginable wealth—remain standing along the famous cliff walk. Today however, they are museums. The most famous two are The Breakers and Rosecliff.
“The Newport mansions famously earned the ire of writer Joan Didion, who wrote in her essay ‘The Seacoast of Despair,’ ‘To stand in the dining room of ‘The Breakers’ is to imagine fleeing it, pleading migraine.’ Today, in lieu of the ‘Great Gatsby’-esque lawn parties of yore where swans roamed the grounds, Newport attracts visitors of all stripes for events such as the Newport Folk Festival.”
A harbor seals pops out of the water of Narragansett Bay around Newport harbor.
What other regions of New England are on the list?
According to Condé Nast, they include:
Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
Hampton Beach, New Hampshire
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Newport, RI named one of best beach towns on East Coast. How to go