

Miantonomi Park stands at the northern end of historic Newport, Rhode Island, set apart from the city’s tourist destinations, including the harbor, mansions, and International Tennis Hall of Fame. Despite holding a grand lookout tower on the city’s highest point, Miantonomi Park has been overlooked as a historic and cultural asset in Newport’s heritage tourism plans. To address this, the Newport hired MLLA to prepare an interpretive plan for the park that (1) detailed the history of human interaction with the landscape; (2) proposed multiple approaches to interpreting this history; and (3) encouraged greater use of the park by both residents and visitors.