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Keeper's Apartment
2012 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/Discover/American Express).

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 11-12-2011

COLOR KEY
Green - Bird Nesting =
Starting April 1 through August 14, 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
Full Week Only
Blue=
Book by the night or the week - Add to fees below  + $25/ Friday or Saturday night/+ $50/night holiday weekends

Week #
(2012)
Beginning Date
(Sunday to Sunday - 2012)
Fee**
(2012)
Holidays & Special Events
(2012)
1
1 Jan 2012
$225 / ngt -$1000 wk Jan 2 -New Year's Day Observed
2
8 Jan 2012
$225 / ngt -$1000 wk Seal Watching Season - Nov - April
3
15 Jan 2012
$225 / ngt -$1000 wk Martin Luther King Day
Mon, Jan 16
4
22 Jan 2012
   
5
29 Jan 2012
$225 / ngt -$1000 wk  
6
5 Feb 2012
$225 / ngt -$1000 wk  
7
12 Feb 2012
$225 / ngt -$1000 wk Valentine's Day - Mon, Feb 14
8
19 Feb 2012
$225 / ngt -$1000 wk Presidents' Day - Mon, Feb 20
9
26 Feb 2012
$225 / ngt -$1000 wk  
10
4 Mar 2012
   
11
11 Mar 2012
$225 / ngt -$1000 wk St. Patrick's Day - Thurs, Mar 17
12
18 Mar2012
$225 / ngt -$1000 wk Seal Watching Season
13
25 Mar 2012
$225 / ngt -$1000 wk Bird Nesting Begins - Sun, Apr 1

14
1 Apr 2012
$225 / ngt -$1200 wk


15
8 Apr 2012
$225 / ngt -$1200 wk Easter Sunday - Apr 8
16
15 Apr 2012
$225 / ngt -$1200 wk Earth Day - Sun, Apr 22
17
22 Apr 2012
$225 / ngt -$1200 wk
SPRING CLEANING WEEK
18
29 Apr 2012
$225 / ngt -$1200 wk  
19
6 May 2012
$225 / ngt -$1200 wk  
20
13 May 2012
$225 / ngt -$1200 wk Mother's Day - Sun, May 13
21
20 May 2012
$225 / ngt -$1200 wk  
22
27 May 2012
$250 / ngt -$1500 wk Memorial Day - Mon, May 28
23
3 June 2012
$1500 wk/ Week Only  
24
10 June 2012
$1500 wk/ Week Only  
25
17 June 2012
$1700 wk/ Week Only Father's Day - Sun, Jun 17
26
24 June 2012
$1900 wk/ Week Only
27
1 July 2012
$2300 wk/ Week Only July 4 Fireworks at Rose Island
28
8 July 2012
$2100 wk/ Week Only  
29
15 July 2012
$2100 wk/ Week Only  
30
22 July 2012
$2100 wk/ Week Only  
31
29 July2012
$2100 wk/ Week Only  
32
5 Aug 2012
  Bird nesting ends- Tues, Aug 14

33
12 Aug 2012
  Clambake at Rose Island- Sat, Aug 18
34
19 Aug 2012
$2100 wk/ Week Only  
35
26 Aug 2012
$2100 wk/ Week Only  
36
2 Sept 2012
$2100 wk/ Week Only Labor Day - Mon, Sept 3
37
9 Sept 2012
$2100 wk Yom Kippur - Wed, Sept 26
38
16 Sept 2012
$1900 wk/ Week Only  
39
23 Sept 2012
$1900 wk/ Week Only Peak Foliage - Northern VT
40
30 Sept 2012
$1900 wk/ Week Only Peak Foliage - VT
41
7 Oct 2012
$1700 wk/ Week Only Columbus Day - Mon, Oct 8
Peak Foliage - NH
42
14 Oct 2012
$1700 wk/ Week Only Peak Foliage RI, MA, NY, CT
43
21 Oct2012
$1500 wk/ Week Only  
44
28 Oct 2012
$1500 wk/ Week Only Halloween - Wed, Oct 31
45
4 Nov 2012
$250 / ngt -$1500 wk Nov 12 - Veteran's Day Observed
46
11 Nov 2012
$225 / ngt -$1200 wk  
47
18 Nov 2012
$225 / ngt -$1200 wk Thanksgiving Day - Thur, Nov 24
48
25 Nov 2012
$225 / ngt -$1200 wk  
49
2 Dec 2012
$225 / ngt -$1200 wk Hanukkah - Wed, Dec 21
50
9 Dec 2012
$225 / ngt -$1200 wk  
51
16 Dec 2012
$225 / ngt -$1200 wk Christmas Day - Tues, Dec 25
52
23 Dec 2012
$250 / ngt -$1500 wk  
53
30 Dec 2012
$250 / ngt -$1500 wk New Year's Eve - Mon, Dec 31

Add to fees above  + $25/ Friday or Saturday night/+ $50/night holiday weekends

** 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 some 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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