Best stops on I-295 in Rhode Island

All 19 exits ranked by what a road-tripper actually needs: real food choice, easy gas, 24-hour service, and the stops worth a detour. Winners below.

1. Exit 28A

Milepost 28 · 29 places to eat · 8 gas stations · 10 hotels · ♥ Varnum House Museum, Armory of the Kentish Guards

2. Exit 9 — Providence;Hartford CT

Milepost 9 · 26 places to eat · 10 gas stations · 1 hotels · ♥ Rhode Island School of Design Museum (RISD Museum), John Brown House Museum

3. Exit 22 — Cumberland

Milepost 22 · 17 places to eat · 9 gas stations · ♥ Slater Mill, Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary

4. Exit 20 — Cumberland

Milepost 20 · 20 places to eat · 7 gas stations · 2 hotels · ♥ Lincoln Woods State Park

5. Exit 1B — Cranston

Milepost 1 · 29 places to eat · 10 gas stations · 12 hotels

6. Exit 3B — Phenix Avenue

Milepost 3 · 25 places to eat · 9 gas stations · 7 hotels

7. Exit 10 — Johnston;Smithfield

Milepost 10 · 21 places to eat · 9 gas stations · 1 hotels

8. Exit 12A — North Providence

Milepost 12 · 29 places to eat · 8 gas stations · 1 hotels

9. Exit 12B — Smithfield

Milepost 12 · 29 places to eat · 8 gas stations · 1 hotels

10. Exit 1A — West Warwick

Milepost 1 · 26 places to eat · 7 gas stations · 12 hotels

← Every I-295 exit in Rhode Island