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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/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
High Season - booking began Feb 4, 2010
Blue=
Book by the night or the week - Add to fees below  + $25/ Friday or Saturday night/+ $50/night holiday weekends

Week #
(2011)
Beginning Date
(Sunday to Sunday - 2011)
Fee**
(2011)
Holidays & Special Events
(2011)
1
2 Jan 2011
  Jan 1 - New Year's Day
2
9 Jan 2011
  Seal Watching Season - Nov - April
3
16 Jan 2011
  Martin Luther King Day
Mon, Jan 17
4
23 Jan 2011
   
5
30 Jan 2011
   
6
6 Feb 2011
   
7
13 Feb 2011
  Valentine's Day - Mon, Feb 14
8
20 Feb 2011
  Presidents' Day - Mon, Feb 21
9
27 Feb 2011
   
10
6 Mar 2011
   
11
13 Mar 2011
  St. Patrick's Day - Thurs, Mar 17
12
20 Mar2011
$225 / ngt  
13
27 Mar 2011
  Bird Nesting Begins - Fri, Apr 1

14
3 Apr 2011
$225 / ngt


15
10 Apr 2011
$225 / ngt Easter Sunday - Apr 24
16
17 Apr 2011
$225 / ngt Earth Day - Wed, Apr 22
17
24 Apr 2011
 
SPRING CLEANING WEEK
18
1 May 2011
$225 / ngt  
19
8 May 2011
$225 / ngt Mother's Day - Sun, May 8
20
15 May 2011
   
21
22 May 2011
$225 / ngt  
22
29 May 2011
$225 / ngt Memorial Day - Mon, May 30
23
5 June 2011
$225 / ngt  
24
12 June 2011
   
25
19 June 2011
$275 / ngt Father's Day - Sun, Jun 19
26
26 June 2011
 
27
3 July 2011
$275 / ngt July 4 Fireworks at Rose Island
28
10 July 2011
   
29
17 July 2011
   
30
24 July 2011
   
31
31 July2011
   
32
7 Aug 2011
  Bird nesting ends- Mon, Aug 14

33
14 Aug 2011
  Clambake at Rose Island - Sat, Aug 20
34
21 Aug 2011
   
35
28 Aug 2011
   
36
4 Sept 2011
  Labor Day - Mon, Sept 5
37
11 Sept 2011
$250 / ngt Yom Kippur - Sat, Oct 8
38
18 Sept 2011
   
39
25 Sept 2011
  Peak Foliage - Northern VT
40
2 Oct 2011
  Peak Foliage - VT
41
9 Oct 2011
  Columbus Day - Mon, Oct 10
Peak Foliage - NH
42
16 Oct 2011
$225 / ngt -$1000 wk Peak Foliage RI, MA, NY, CT
43
23 Oct2011
$250 / ngt  
44
30 Oct 2011
$250 / ngt Halloween - Mon, Oct 31
45
6 Nov 2011
$250 / ngt Veteran's Day - Fri, Nov 11
46
13 Nov 2011
$225 / ngt -$1000 wk  
47
20 Nov 2011
$225 / ngt -$1000 wk Thanksgiving Day - Thur, Nov 24
48
27 Nov 2011
$225 / ngt -$1000 wk  
49
4 Dec 2011
$225 / ngt -$900 wk Hanukkah - Wed, Dec 21
50
11 Dec 2011
$225 / ngt -$900 wk  
51
18 Dec 2011
$225 / ngt -$900 wk Christmas Day -Sun, Dec 25
52
25 Dec 2011
$250 / ngt New Year's Eve - Sat, 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!) Add to fees above  + $25/ Friday or Saturday night/+ $50/night holiday weekends.

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

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