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Keeper's Apartment
2011 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. MAKE A LINK

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 03-01-2010

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
High Season - booking begins Feb 2, 2010
Blue=
One, two or three night stays are available this week

Week #
(2010)
Beginning Date
(Sunday to Sunday - 2011)
Fee**
(2011)
Holidays & Special Events
(2011)
1
2 Jan 2011
$700 plus chores  
2
9 Jan 2011
$700 plus chores  
3
16 Jan 2011
$700 plus chores Martin Luther King Day
Sat, Jan 17
4
23 Jan 2011
$700 plus chores  
5
30 Jan 2011
$700 plus chores  
6
6 Feb 2011
$700 plus chores  
7
13 Feb 2011
$700 plus chores Valentine's Day - Mon, Feb 14
8
20 Feb 2011
$700 plus chores Presidents' Day - Mon, Feb 21
9
27 Feb 2011
$700 plus chores  
10
6 Mar 2011
$700 plus chores  
11
13 Mar 2011
$700 plus chores St. Patrick's Day - Thurs, Mar 17
12
20 Mar2011
$900 plus chores  
13
27 Mar 2011
$900 plus chores Bird Nesting Begins - Fri, Apr 1

14
3 Apr 2011
$900 plus chores


15
10 Apr 2011
$900 plus chores Easter Sunday - Apr 24
16
17 Apr 2011
$900 plus chores Earth Day - Wed, Apr 22
17
24 Apr 2011
$900 plus chores FULL TIME KEEPERS WANTED FOR
SPRING CLEANING WEEK
18
1 May 2011
$900 plus chores  
19
8 May 2011
$1000 plus chores Mother's Day - Sun, May 8
20
15 May 2011
$1000 plus chores  
21
22 May 2011
$1000 plus chores  
22
29 May 2011
$1,200 plus chores Memorial Day - Mon, May 30
23
5 June 2011
$1,200 plus chores  
24
12 June 2011
$1,500 plus chores  
25
19 June 2011
$1,700 plus chores Father's Day - Sun, Jun 19
26
26 June 2011
$1,900 plus chores
27
3 July 2011
$2,300 plus chores 4th of July Fireworks - Mon, July 4
28
10 July 2011
$1,900 plus chores  
29
17 July 2011
$1,900 plus chores  
30
24 July 2011
$1,900 plus chores  
31
31 July2011
$1,900 plus chores  
32
7 Aug 2011
  Bird nesting ends- Mon, Aug 14

33
14 Aug 2011
  RILF Clambake - Sat, Aug 20
34
21 Aug 2011
   
35
28 Aug 2011
$2,100 plus chores  
36
4 Sept 2011
$2,100 plus chores Labor Day - Mon, Sept 5
Rosh Hashanah - Mon, Sept 28
37
11 Sept 2011
$1,900 plus chores Yom Kippur - Sat, Oct 8
38
18 Sept 2011
$1,900 plus chores  
39
25 Sept 2011
$1,800 plus chores Peak Foliage - Northern VT
40
2 Oct 2011
$1,800 plus chores Peak Foliage - VT
41
9 Oct 2011
$1,800 plus chores Columbus Day - Mon, Oct 10
Peak Foliage - NH
42
16 Oct 2011
$1,500 plus chores Peak Foliage RI, MA, NY, CT
43
23 Oct2011
$1,500 plus chores  
44
30 Oct 2011
$1200 plus chores Halloween - Mon, Oct 31
45
6 Nov 2011
$1200 plus chores Veteran's Day - Fri, Nov 11
46
13 Nov 2011
$1200 plus chores  
47
22 Nov 2011
$1200 plus chores Thanksgiving Day - Thur, Nov 24
48
29 Nov 2011
$900 plus chores  
49
4 Dec 2011
$900 plus chores Hanukkah - Wed, Dec 21
50
11 Dec 2011
$900 plus chores  
51
18 Dec 2011
$1200 plus chores Christmas Day -Sun, Dec 25
52
25 Dec 2011
$1200 plus chores New Year's Eve - Sat, 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 2010

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

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