The South Kingstown Town Beach is right next to our beach in Matunuck. The town beach is only open…read moreto South Kingstown residents at this point. Approximately 650 season passes and 1,800 daily passes are annually. The beach is open from Memorial Day through Labor Day. It's a great place for families since the playground allow kids to do non-beach activities as well.

Looks like a lovely sandy beach. The water was clear, but I know in early August it had a lot of…read moreseaweed. However, we were swarmed by hornets. Very scary. We kept moving in case we were near the nest and even left our food somewhere else at one point. We opted to just leave because there were just so many hornets.

Beautiful clean town beach. A great family spot, I highly recommend checking it out!!!read more

This is our town beach located in beautiful Tiverton, RI…read more It's currently temporarily closed while they redesign the beach and park area. They have extended the beach line and added a bunch of sand. In doing this, the parking lot has been close to cut in half. Very eager to see the completed project.

Bonnet shores / Narragansett beach .. been coming here since I was a baby- literally. . Now I come…read morehere with my family.. new friends , old friends etc.. one of the cleanest beaches in RI. Always a great day here in the sand

This beach is crazy beautiful. Its so quiet and serene. Theres no big waves, only little ones which…read moreis great for kids and dogs. Beach is super clean and everyone was very friendly! Given the chance i would definitely come back.

Warwick Pond is an 85 acre pond in the middle of Warwick, just east of the T.F. Green Airport…read more There is a boat launch off of Wells Avenue for hand-carried boats, it's mostly street parking for anyone wanting to visit or to come for any water activities. This put-in is at a small park on the east side of the pond, and provides a suitable location for launching hand-carried boats. There is no parking lot, but there is roadside parking. There's a fence between the road and the park, with a gate leading into the park. Buckeye Brook flows out of the southwest corner of the pond and is large enough to paddle for some distance. The brook is very slow moving in this area so once you have gone as far as you want to you can reverse direction and come back upstream to the pond. The shoreline of the pond is largely developed. The brook feels less developed because of the wetlands that provide a buffer between the brook and the adjacent residential neighborhoods. This pond has ongoing issues with toxic algae blooms. Such blooms are most likely to happen in the summer. When there is an algae bloom people and pets should avoid contact with the water...just check the alerts put out by the RIDOH and DEM.

My boyfriend and I moved to Warwick about a year and a half ago, and have struggled with the fact…read morethat we don't own a pool and are fairly far away from the South County beaches (especially with traffic). Not deterred, we looked into beaches in this area and came across a few options. Of course we know that there's Oakland Beach, but I'm not a huge fan of salt water swimming and it's just not that great of an ocean beach. I remember visiting lakes all the time as a kid in northern Rhode Island...I figured that there must be SOMETHING comparable around here, so I did a quick Google search. It seems like there's three main freshwater swimming areas in Warwick...Warwick Pond, Gorton Pond, and Little Pond. Well, yesterday we decided to try out Warwick Pond as it's just down the street from us. After asking around, we discovered that, while there's no public beach on this pond, there's a place where people have access to the water for swimming and boat launching. Off of Lake Shore Drive, there's a little dirt road called "Wells Ave" on the map that goes right into the pond. It's not like you could go there and have a picnic, but it was fine for us! We parked on Lake Shore Drive, walked down, and hopped right in. Although a little murky and you should probably wear water shoes, the water was refreshing and perfect for a hot day. We want to try out the other two ponds as well, but we had a ton of fun just hanging out and swimming. We even saw some other people swimming there as well, and a few people came and launched boats while we were there. A pretty popular spot, it seems! One last thing to mention...while it was great for a short swim, somebody living in the area mentioned that the people living in the houses that are right next to this access road don't appreciate it when people get too loud. So it wouldn't be a good place for drinking or noisy late-night swimming -- mostly just for families, couples, solo swimming, etc.

Came to this beach for the very first time with a huge group of friends and I loved it!…read more Ok first of all parking was the eaaaaaaasiest of all time and soooo much more affordable than the nearby small lot beaches. Love that there were bathrooms and shops open to use with showers! The sand to beach ratio was a bit smaller or thinner than I'm used to but it wasn't a biggie. Water was really nice (this is hard coming from a FL girl) but it was still great! Overall it's def a bit of a drive but worth it considering the extra parking space and all.

I love the beach off season! Recently came here and enjoyed the big parking lot and small crowds…read more The water was clear and the sand was soft!! I hope I can have one more visit before the locals summer ends!

The facilities (beach house, bathrooms, lawn area, outdoor showers and playground) are all great…read moreand super clean. But the beach itself had quite a bit of trash. Which is sad because the facilities are nice. I wish people would be sure to take their trash out with them! The kids enjoyed their time there but there are nicer beaches in the area. A little expensive to park for the day considering as well.

This is a semi private beach for the town of Swansea, MA. It is very clean and maintained so swell!…read moreDesignated for families and children. The water is so clean and you do smell the fresh Atlantic Ocean here. In the summer and anytime it is nice to stop by to clear the mind especially if not a lot of people are around.

I'm giving this beach a 5 star rating because this is our favorite beach to visit. Beautiful…read morescenery, crystal clear water, and very clean! But, we visited yesterday (July 19th) and the horseflies were so bad that we had to leave. They were swarming on everyone, even with DEET bug repellent, we were still getting bitten. It was horrible. We have never seen it like this, and have been to this beach many times, at different times of the year. Everyone was leaving. I saw a man with so many bites that blood was running down his legs. Just want everyone to be informed in case you decide to visit. :(

This may be the cleanest (both sand and water) beach I've ever seen in the entire state…read more They offer nearby parking but be sure to check the towns website for resident and non residents rates.

Small little beach on Lake Tioque. It is shallow making it great for small children There are some…read morepicnic tables available and it can get crowded on hot summer days. The water is drained during certain parts of the year. Dogs are allowed, but not in the water during hours when there is a lifeguard there.

Completely forgot about this place that I had stumbled upon late last fall while walking my newly…read moreadopted pup. Fast forward to the end of May and was looking for somewhere to take LuLu to get her used to going into the water. She seems to like it a lot better than Oakland Beach. It's quiet and there's no tide coming in to scare her. We will be back