Date visited: 5/12/2023

This is a beatiful trail. We parked at Narragansett Town Beach, and headed to the trail head across the street. It's a completely flat, easy trail that heads to the South County Museum (you can park for free here to access the trail during the beach season), and eventually ends at the Community Center near the Elementary School. Near the museum, the trail runs right by the farm animals. As you can see in the photo, Mr. Goat insisted on posing for a picture as well. As great as this trail is, there is one huge problem with it...and that was ticks! The dogs were covered with them! So I would avoid this trail this time of year. I've read that the bugs are relentless during the summer months, so that might not be a great time either. It probably looks pretty "bleh" in the winter, so maybe the fall is a good time to visit.

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Date visited: 9/16/2024

This is a shopping area and condo complex across the street from the Town Beach. The are fewer shops here than some of the other touristy parts of Rhode Island. We stopped at the ice cream shop so I could get a Del's Lemonade. There's also a cool, carved stone wall along the sidewalk.

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Date visited: 4/26/2023

First and foremost, dogs are not allowed here. The sign explains "Trail and boardwalk areas are too narrow to safely accommodate visitor and dog use". That is some very weak reasoning. I was reading reviews on the All-Trails app, and some of them mentioned that the no dog rule was largely ignored. In fact, as I arrived a man was leaving with a big dog, and we passed another dog walker during our hike. Use this information as you will....but don't blame me if something happens because you brought your dog here! That being said, this was a great walk! The "narrow" path proceeds for a half mile through some swampy areas, with "narrow" boardwalks over most of the real wet spots, before reaching the shoreline. Toward the end of the trail, one side is bordered by a barbed wire fence protecting the trail from the Camp Varnum National Guard Base. Once at the shore, the trail continues along side the fenced in facility, or you can simply walk the rocky shore line for another half mile or so. The ocean views are beautiful. This is a really nice walk. It's just a shame that dogs and their humans aren't officially allowed to enjoy it.

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Date visited: 7/14/2023

Only the very eastern end of the bike path is in Narragansett, as most of the path is in South Kingstown. There is a parking area at Narragansett Elementary School, which also has access to the Canonchet Farm Trail, which leads to Narragansett Town Beach. That means it is possible to take a trail all the way from the The University of Rhode Island to the Narragansett Town Beach. There is a small dirt loop nature trail that is accessed from this portion of the trail as well.

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Date visited: 8/5/2024

This is a small waterfront access point for Point Judith Salt Pond, at the end of Knowlesway Extension. There's a small park area, and a wooden stair case that leads to the waterfront. The area is not large, but provides nice views of the salt pond.

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Date visited: 8/5/2024

There's not many adventures in this area left for us that we haven't done before, so I started creating our own! We parked along side Galilee Escape Road, and explored the area. There's a state run boat launch, with a small beachy area along the southeast side of Point Judith Pond. Mandy and Lexi were able to cool off on the pond. After that, we headed over the Great Island bridge, on to the island, and then over to Little Comfort Island, where Mandy and Lexi were able to enjoy another beachy area. We walked a bit over two miles total here.

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Date visited: 11/27/2024

This is the stretch of sand and rocks in between Roger Wheeler State Beach and the Camp Cronin Fishing Area and Beach. We've tried to walk this stretch of beach on previous visits, but were unable to due to the tides. Today the tides were lower, and there was actually a path that had formed that kept us mostly off the rocks. There was one short stretch where we had to climb on the rocks to get by. On our way back, instead of climbing the rocks again as the tide got higher, we walked back to Roger Wheeler Beach via the streets (Ocean Road, Point Judith Road and Sand Hill Cove Road). On our way, we stopped at the Iggy's Clam Shack picnic area. This combination beach and neighborhood walk was about three and half miles total. It was a good way to spend a nice late November afternoon.

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Date visited: 12/27/2024

This is the rocky section of shoreline that can be accessed from State Pier #5. Instead of heading north along the seawall, we first headed south on the rocks between the pier and Hazard Rock Shoreline Access. There was a four tenths of a mile gap of shore line we had not walked here, and we covered almost all of it on this trip. The journey required us to walk on the rocks, some of which was very challenging. It's not a walk I would recommend, and probably something we should not have done! Besides the uneven rocks, and the usual slippery mossy sections, some of the rocks were ice covered as well. While the walk was difficult, it did make for some nice photos! Mandy and Lexi are used to climbing on these kind of rocks these days, but I was lucky to stay upright for the journey! I wanted to make it to Hazard Rock Shoreline Access, but we came up a little short, as the terrain just became too difficult for us to make it safely, so we had to turn around and head back. After that, we walked up the Seawall Walk to the gazebo area by Narragansett Pier, before calling it a day.

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Date visited: 1/10/2025

This is a town park in the Bonnet Shores neighborhood of Narragansett. There's not a lot for dogs here. The pups are not allowed on the athletic fields or the playgrounds. I didn't see any trails, but you could walk along the perimeter of the park. One thing the park had that was surprising, was a real indoor rest room. Not only was it open, it was also clean and heated as well! That's very impressive for a town park, especially on a weekday in the middle of January! In all fairness, I knew there wasn't much here. We basically parked here for our nearly six mile walk through the Bonnet Shores neighborhood. From here we headed south on Boston Neck Road, and then east on Bonnet Shore Road, where our first stop was the Wesquage Pond Wildlife Refuge.

Date visited: 1/10/2025

This was our second stop on our Bonnet Shores adventure. The refuge doesn't have much public access. We basically walked along Bonnet Point Road until we came to the short trail near the small stream that links the pond to the shoreline. On the other side of the road from that trail, is a trail that leads to Bonnet Shores Beach, where we headed next.

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Date visited: 1/10/2025

This is a private beach for the Bonnet Shores Beach Club, well about as private as beaches get in Rhode Island. This was the main stop on our Bonnet Shores adventure, and since there is no public parking anywhere in the neighborhood, we parked a little over two miles away at Domenic Cristofaro Memorial Park and walked here. This area of Narragansett is definitely not for tourists. This beach is for the locals, and they want to keep riff-raff like us away! That being said, there is an access path on Bonnet Point Road, a short distance from the club's private parking area that leads to the beach. According the beach club's website, dogs are not allowed when the beach is officially open. It's the middle of January, so the beach was definitely not officially open. It's a nice beach with good sand, and mild waves. There's a cool rocky area on the west end of the beach which made for some nice photos. We headed to Kelly Beach next.

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Date visited: 1/10/2025

This is another private beach in the Bonnet Shores neighborhood. Like Bonnet Shores Beach, there is no public parking area. We took an access path from Bonnet Point Road on the other side of the stream that separates the two beaches. This beach is smaller than the main Bonnet Shores beach, and the east end had a fair amount of seaweed build up. From here, we continued our Bonnet Shores adventure, walking through the neighborhood on some side streets until we reached the area known as Little Beach.

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Date visited: 1/10/2025

This was the last stop on our tour of the Bonnet Shores Neighborhood. The beach is appropriately named, as it's on the "little" side. The narrow beach runs along side Colonel John Gardner Road, and also features a small boat launch. There are some benches between the road and the shore line. It's a scenic spot, with views of the RV Endeavor, docked nearby at the University of Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay Campus, as well as both the Jamestown and Newport bridges. We stopped for a break on the benches, before heading back to Domenic Cristofaro Park where we started off the adventure. We walked 5.8 miles in the process!

Date visited: 2/5/2025

We tried to visit here once in the summer but were turned away at the gate. We were told that the park was for camping only, and I couldn't come here just to take the dogs for a walk. For this visit, the campground was closed because it was the middle of winter, so we were able to check out the place. The park is located at the site of Fort Greene, and old military fort. Remnants of the fort still exist. (The other portion of the old fort is located nearby at Camp Cronin). Other than the short trail that leads to the top of an old cannon battery mount, most of the park is dedicated to camping activities. The individual sites are small, and close together, so it doesn't like the campground offers much in the way of privacy. Point Judith Pond can be accessed from the west side of the park. There is an observation platforms with views of the shoreline as well. It's really not that scenic of a spot, at least this time of the year. We circled the entire park, walking for just about two miles total.

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Date visited: 4/23/2025

This is a National Historic District along Central and Boon Streets. It's about a block away from the Ocean Road and the Narragansett Pier Seawall. We hadn't walked through here before, so it was nice exploring somewhere new in town. There are historic houses and churches along Boon Street, as well as a playground and a few small shops and restaurants. One of the restaurants, "Crazy Burger" is being featured in a new Gordon Ramsay show. We also walked down Central Street to the Town Hall. Beyond the Town Hall is a short bike path that leads to Narragansett High School (which is technically outside of the historic district). The path also leads to Prospect Avenue, which led us to Sprague Park, where we headed next.

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Date visited: 4/23/2025

We visited this park after walking through the Central Street Historic District. The park features a little league field, a pond, and a playground. There is also a WWI monument, and of course the 23 foot Narragansett Indian statue, carved by Peter Toth in 1982. After this, we headed down Narragansett Avenue and back to the beach, where we started our adventure.

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Date visited: 4/23/2025

This is another historic district near the Narragansett Pier section of town. It encompasses the area between Narragansett Avenue and Kingstown Road. We walked down Narragansett Avenue heading from Sprague Park, back to the beach where we started our adventure, completing a five and a half mile walk. We only took a couple of photos on this section of the adventure.

Date visited: 6/13/2025

This is a short Narragansett Land Trust trail that leads from Brush Hill Road to Foddering Farm Road. There's a main blue blazed trail, as well as some white blazed "scenic" loops. The white blazed trails were a bit overgrown. At one point there are wooden planks over a swamp, and one of the boards actually broke when I stepped on it. The body of water near the trail is "Long Cove", part of Point Judith salt pond. It's hard to see it beyond the trees, but one of the scenic loops gets pretty close. The whole thing out and back was about a mile.

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Date visited: 6/13/2025

This is a Narragansett Land Trust trail leading from Kinney Avenue to Gibson Avenue. It actually continues on the west side of Kinney Avenue, but maybe we will come back and walk that portion on a later date. Despite the name of the trail, the portion we walked was na half mile completely straight line. It really wasn't all that interesting.

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Date visited: 6/24/2025

This was our 2nd stop on this very hot day. This wasn't a planned stop. I passed by on the way to Camp Cronin Beach and decided to stop and check it out. There's no signage or anything indicating the name of the park, but there are two small parking lots on the south side of Boston Neck Road, one on either side of the bridge. There is a third parking area for John H. Chafee Wildlife Refuge on the north side. Two of the three lots were full, despite it being a Tuesday afternoon. I guess everyone wass looking for water related activities when temps are nearing 100! There is an observation platform near one of the parking areas, that was once part of the old bridge prior to it being rebuilt. All four corners of the bridge feature paths that lead down to the Pettaquamscutt River. We checked out all four. One was very muddy, but the other three were interesting. The southern access points look out toward the mouth of the short river, at the east end of Town Beach. The northern access points lead to a salt marsh and Sedge Island. There was a lot of activity on this day, with kayaks, rafts, people fishing, and even sun-bathers. There was also a group of teenagers jumping off the bridge into the river below (despite the signs warning that it was illegal). The waters are calm and warm. We made our way out to a smaller island (which probably doesn't exist during high tide). Mandy didn't like passing through that much water, even though it wasn't deep. The area beyond this, is part of the wildlife refuge. This was a pretty nice find, and a good place to cool off on a hot day.

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