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Keeper's Apartment
2010 Availability Calendar & Weekly Fees
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TO MAKE RESERVATIONS:

Call 401-847-4242 between 9:00-1:00, Monday-Friday to reserve the week you want. Note keeper weeks run from Sunday morning to the following Sunday morning.

Sign up for either the Regular Keeper Vacation program or the Full-Time Keeper program (tax-deductible) where you help the lighthouse, Uncle Sam will help you pay for your volunteer vacation!

Pay $50 non-refundable deposit to guarantee your reservation (MC/Visa only).

Send us your completed application form.

If the week you want is already booked, check our website regularly for cancellations (which are most likely to occur six and two months prior to reserved dates when incremental payments are required).

Updated 08-15-2010

COLOR KEY
Green - Bird Nesting =
Starting April 1 through August 15, only the 2-acre Light Station & Ft. Hamilton property
(SW corner of the island) is publicly accessible due to nesting birds.
learn more
Red =
No Vacancy
High Season - booking begins Feb 1, 2009
Blue=
One, two or three night stays are available this week

Week #
(2010)
Beginning Date
(Sunday to Sunday - 2010)
Fee**
(2010)
Holidays & Special Events
(2010)
1
3 Jan 2010
   
2
10 Jan 2010
   
3
17 Jan 2010
  Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday -
Mon, Jan 18
4
24 Jan 2010
   
5
31 Jan 2010
   
6
7 Feb 2010
   
7
14 Feb 2010
  Presidents' Day - Mon, Feb 15
8
21 Feb 2010
  Ash Wednesday - Wed, Feb 17
9
28 Feb 2010
   
10
7 Mar 2010
   
11
14 Mar 2010
  St. Patrick's Day - Tue, Mar 14
12
21 Mar 2010
   
13
28 Mar 2010
  Bird Nesting Begins - Thur, Apr 1
Palm Sunday - Mar 28
Passover Week - Mar 29 - Apr 6
14
4 Apr 2010
 

Good Friday - Apr 2  

15
11 Apr 2010
  Easter Sunday - Apr 4
16
18 Apr 2010
  Earth Day - Wed, Apr 22
17
25 Apr 2010
$225 / ngt  
18
2 May 2010
   
19
9 May 2010
  Mother's Day - Sun, May 9
20
16 May 2010
$225 / ngt    
21
23 May 2010
   
22
30 May 2010
  Memorial Day - Mon, May 31
23
6 June 2010
   
24
13 June 2010
   
25
20 June 2010
  Father's Day - Sun, Jun 20
26
27 June 2010
 
27
4 July 2010
  4th of July Fireworks - Sun, July 4
28
11 July 2010
   
29
18 July 2010
   
30
25 July 2010
   
31
1 Aug 2010
   
32
8 Aug 2010
  Bird nesting ends- Sat, Aug 14
RILF Clambake - Sat, Aug 21
33
15 Aug 2010
   
34
22 Aug 2010
   
35
29 Aug 2010
   
36
5 Sept 2010
  Labor Day - Mon, Sept 6
Rosh Hashanah - Sat, Sept 9
37
12 Sept 2010
  Yom Kippur - Sat, Sept 18
38
19 Sept 2010
   
39
26 Sept 2010
  Peak Foliage - Northern VT
40
3 Oct 2010
  Peak Foliage - VT
41
10 Oct 2010
  Columbus Day - Mon, Oct 11
42
17 Oct 2010
  Peak Foliage - RI, NY, MA, CT
43
24 Oct 2010
   
44
31 Oct 2010
  Halloween - Sun, Oct 31
Election Day - Tues, Nov 2
45
7 Nov 2010
$900 plus chores Veteran's Day - Thur, Nov 11
46
14 Nov 2010
   
47
21 Nov 2010
  Thanksgiving Day - Thur, Nov 25
48
28 Nov 2010
   
49
5 Dec 2010
$900 plus chores Hanukkah - Thur, Dec 9
50
12 Dec 2010
$900 plus chores  
51
19 Dec 2010
  Christmas Day -Sat, Dec 25
52
26 Dec 2010
  New Year's Eve - Fri, Dec 31

 

** Fee assumes your regular lighthouse keeping chores are included, according to your choice of keeper programs. (Imagine what a waterfront vacation home in Newport would cost if you didn't agree to do the chores!)

See availability 2011

For reservations call: 401- 847- 4242
Best times between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm - Monday thru Friday

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