Welcome to Rhode Island

Rhode Island is the smallest state in the country, but it punches so far above its size. You can drive across the whole thing in under an hour, yet it packs in more than 400 miles of coastline, which is why they call it the Ocean State. In Newport, the Vanderbilts and Astors built jaw-dropping Gilded Age mansions they modestly called summer cottages, and the Cliff Walk carries you right past them along the sea. Rhode Island even has its own food language: order a coffee milk, a cabinet, or a Del's frozen lemonade and you will sound like a local. Just offshore, Block Island serves up bluffs, lighthouses, and quiet beaches. For such a little place, it is bursting with character. Below you will find every Rhode Island map, trip, guide, and hidden gem we have.

• Nickname: The Ocean State
• State drink: Coffee milk
• State bird: Rhode Island Red
• State shell: Quahog
• State flower: Violet
• State tree: Red maple