Walker Island

Walker Island: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Walker Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Walker Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.65821, -71.26981. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Walker Island

• Blithewold Manor, Gardens & Arboretum · park · Bristol · ~1 km · Must-see
• Herreshoff Marine Museum · museum · Bristol · ~1 km · Must-see
• Bristol County Courthouse · museum · Bristol · ~2 km · Must-see
• Bristol Ferry Light · fort · Bristol · ~2 km · Must-see
• Musselbed Shoals Light · beach · Newport · ~3 km · Must-see
• Hog Island Shoal Light · beach · Newport · ~4 km · Must-see
• Colt State Park · park · Bristol · ~4 km · Must-see
• Portsmouth Abbey · church · Newport · ~8 km · Must-see
• Green Animals Topiary Garden · park · Newport · ~8 km · Must-see
• Prudence Island Light · sanctuary · Newport · ~8 km · Must-see
• Barrington Beach · beach · Bristol · ~10 km · Must-see
• Conimicut Lighthouse · beach · Rhode Island · ~11 km · Must-see
• Warwick Lighthouse · fort · Kent · ~11 km · Must-see
• Kennedy Park · sanctuary · Newport · ~12 km · Must-see
• Nayatt Point Light · beach · Bristol · ~12 km · Must-see
• Barrington Preservation Society Museum · museum · Bristol · ~12 km · Must-see
• Battleship Cove · attraction · Bristol · ~13 km · Must-see
• USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. · attraction · Bristol · ~13 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Walker Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Walker Island

• Gull Rocks · river spot · Newport · ~23 km · Must-see
• Rose Island · river spot · Newport · ~24 km · Must-see
• Martha's Vineyard · river spot · Dukes · ~75 km · Must-see
• Sandy Point · river spot · South · ~79 km · Must-see
• Castle Rock · river spot · Essex · ~113 km · Must-see
• Egg Rock · river spot · Essex · ~114 km · Must-see
• Nantucket · river spot · Nantucket · ~131 km · Must-see
• Bound Brook Island · river spot · Barnstable · ~131 km · Must-see
• Castle Island · river spot · Bristol · ~2 km
• Hog Island · river spot · Newport · ~2 km

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