The Hilltop Spa at The Preserve

The Hilltop Spa sits within The Preserve at Boulder Hills in Richmond, a sporting resort occupying a substantial tract of woodland in southwestern Rhode Island.

The setting is unusual for the state. Rhode Island is the smallest in the country and heavily developed along its coast, but its western interior remains genuinely rural — forest, stone walls, and the kind of quiet that is otherwise scarce in southern New England. Richmond sits in that stretch, near the Arcadia Management Area.

Resort spas built into properties of this kind generally offer thermal facilities alongside treatments: sauna, steam, and somewhere to rest, arranged so guests can use them around other activities rather than as a single booked appointment. The advantage over an urban facility is space and quiet; the trade-off is that access may be tied to resort use rather than sold openly.

The Preserve is roughly forty minutes from Providence and around two hours from Boston, which places it as a destination rather than a local option for most visitors.

Confirm whether spa access is available to non-residents and whether thermal facilities require a treatment booking.