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Melville Park Waterfalls
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Small seasonal cascade along the Blue Trail at Melville Park in Portsmouth. Former Navy preserve, 4.5 miles of color-coded trails.
At a glance
Overview
Melville Park is a town-owned preserve on former Navy property in the Melville section of Portsmouth. The 4.5-mile color-coded trail network circles Upper and Lower Melville Ponds; the Blue Trail drops past a small seasonal waterfall as the brook runs toward Narragansett Bay. Best treated as a pond-and-trail walk — the falls are a modest cascade, not a swim.
- Also known as
- Melville Pond Nature Preserve, Melville Ponds Park
- County
- Newport
- Region
- Aquidneck Island
- Water type
- Waterfall
- Waterfall type
- Cascade
Know before you go
Public
Not listed
Conditions
Conditions snapshot
Check posted signs and official updates before entering.
Getting there
Park at the Melville Park trailhead off Smith Road in Portsmouth, near 181 Bradford Avenue. Follow the Blue Trail around Lower Melville Pond; the waterfall sits along the brook where the trail turns toward Narragansett Bay.
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