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Bicycle Tour of Block Island RI |
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Block Island is a great place for a day or two of bicycling. Here's a suggested itinerary starting from Old Harbor. |
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A suitable Block Islandish first goal for your bicycle outing is Mohegan Bluffs, and the nearby Southeast Lighthouse, about 1.5 miles (2.25 km) due south of Old Harbor. Head out of town on Spring Street past the Hotel Manisses. Spring Street soon changes names to become Southeast Light Road, which traces the heights of the bluffs. Down the hill past Southeast Lighthouse, if you want some beach time, turn left (south) to reach Snake Hollow. Leave your bike at the head of the tortuous path and walk down to Vail Beach. Back on the main road, about 2.5 miles (4 km) farther along, on Cherry Hill Road, lies Rodman's Hollow, a glacial ravine that's now protected as a wildlife refuge. Bring your binoculars if you plan to explore it. Three miles north of town, on the eastern shore off Corn Neck Road, is the Clayhead Nature Trail, as well as a network of other trails on private land once known as the Maze. Take the nature trail east to the shore (less than a mile), then north all the way to Sandy Point, where you'll see the North Lighthouse and also Settler's Rock. The granite lighthouse dates from 1867 and is no longer in use. Settler's Rock monument, erected in 1911, marks the spot where the island's first English settlers landed in 1661. Only about a mile northwest of Old Harbor along Ocean Avenue and West Side Road is the island's cemetery, with headstones dating from the 1600s and 1700s. It's a pretty spot, and interesting to anyone intrigued with Block Island's history.
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The road traces the course of Mohegan Bluffs on the southern shore of Block Island RI.
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