Goddard Memorial State Park
Goddard Memorial State Park attracts thousands of visitors each year as Rhode Island’s most popular Metropolitan Park. The park offers a beautiful natural environment with spacious lawns, fields, and forested areas with a variety of trees from all over the world.
⚠️ Attention golfers
The Goddard Memorial State Park Golf Course will be closed on Monday, September 15, for aeration and overseeding of the greens and tee boxes. The course will reopen on Tuesday, September 16.
Thank you for your patience as we maintain and improve Rhode Island’s only state-run golf course while keeping disruption to a minimum.

Visitors can make use of a nine-hole golf course, an equestrian show area, 18 miles of bridle trails, 355 picnic tables, 11 game fields, and a performing arts center for weddings, concerts, picnics, and special events.
View a history of Goddard State Park

Experiences
- Game Fields
- Swimming
- Concerts
- Hiking
- Equestrian trails
- Stroller-Friendly Paths
- Saltwater Fishing
- Walking and Running
- Picnicking
Amenities
- Accessible Boat Ramp
- Picnic Pavilions
- Picnic Tables
- Pet-Friendly
- Restroom Facilities
- Lifeguard on duty (seasonally)
- Golf
- Naturalist Station
- C and L Stables

Reserving Space
Scheduling a school visit? Planning a field trip or gathering?
- Reservations and rental fees are required to use pavilions, shelters, gazebos, designated fields, and picnic tables from April 1 to October 31, annually.
- Outside of these reservation periods, all areas become first come/ first serve with no rental fee required.
- Carousel reservations are to be made at least one year prior to the requested date.
- The Goddard Memorial Equestrian Area operates from April 1 to November 30.
- Regardless of the time of year, you will need to contact Felicia.Celeberto@dem.ri.gov or 401-884-2010, Ext. 1, if you intend to use the parks for an organized group gathering or event to determine if the activity requires a Special Use Permit.