Block Island is part of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and is located in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 13 miles (21 km) south of the coast of Rhode Island, 14 miles (23 km) east of Montauk Point on Long Island, and is separated from the Rhode Island mainland by Block Island Sound.
Approximately 20 percent of the Island is set aside for conservation. Presidents Bill Clinton, Dwight D. Eisenhower,Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Ulysses S. Grant visited Block Island.