Forty Steps is a classic stop on Newport’s Cliff Walk. The staircase drops to a rocky perch on Easton Bay where waves roll across the ledges and mist drifts in the air. The Cliff Walk runs about 3.5 miles along the eastern shore with the ocean below and grand homes above. Forty Steps sits near the northern section by the end of Narragansett Avenue, just a short walk from the Memorial Boulevard trailhead and First Beach. Watch the coastline stretch in both directions, and let the sound of the wat