Why this ride
A short, polished coastal ride through Narragansett Bay towns. The road: RI-114 and local shore roads. Distance and riding time are estimates from the checkpoints until the road is measured on this page.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
East Bay and Bristol Peninsula
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 39 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 43 min
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Providence
Providence is the sort of city that rewards an early start and a loose plan. Roger Williams founded it in 1636 after being banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the idea he built it on, freedom of conscience, shaped the whole of Rhode Island. The city grew rich on shipping, jewelry and machine tools, and the result is a compact downtown of brick mills, church spires and one of the biggest marble domes in the country on the State House, which you can see from the highway as you approach.
2. Barrington
3. Bristol
4. Tiverton
Tiverton lies on the eastern shore of Narragansett Bay, in the part of Rhode Island that feels more like a long, quiet farm than a state, with stone walls, salt marshes and views of the Sakonnet River glinting between the trees. About seven and a half thousand people live here, and the nearest larger town, Portsmouth, with seventeen thousand, lies across the water on Aquidneck Island, linked by a bridge. The ride finishes here, in a place that suits an unhurried end to a day.