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Misquamicut State Beach. ... which is open to non-residents – fills up around 11 to 11:30 a.m. Only residents can park in the North and South Lots – except on weekdays after 1 p.m., when the ...
Misquamicut State Beach (MISS-kwahm-eh-kut [3]) is a seaside public recreation area in the town of Westerly, Rhode Island. [4] It occupies a portion of Misquamicut Beach, a 3-mile-long (4.8 km) barrier island that extends westward from Weekapaug to Watch Hill and separates Winnapaug Pond from the Atlantic Ocean. [5]
Conrad Ferla, a beach-access advocate, said saving Misquamicut is also a matter of public access. Crescent Beach: Pollution closed this RI beach a century ago. By 2026, it will be open to swimmers ...
Westerly Town Beach (residents only, contiguous with neighboring beaches) Atlantic Beach (contiguous) Westerly New Town Beach a.k.a. Wuskenau Beach; Jim's Beach Misquamicut (contiguous) Misquamicut State Beach; Misquamicut Fire District Beaches (residents only, contiguous) [16] Lawton Beach; Benson Beach; Clark Farms Beach
Atlantic Beach Park is a privately operated amusement center with 12 acres (49,000 m 2) of land and buildings within the Misquamicut section of beachfront. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] It lies south of Misquamicut State Beach [ 13 ] and north of Winnapaug Pond , a source of Rhode Island quahogs and bay scallops.
Annual day parking passes for Marina Green, 54th Place, Colorado Lagoon Marina Park and Granada Beach cost $155 for nonseniors and $75 for seniors. The permits are valid from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The increased and expanded fees for visitor-paid parking would allow this current $15 resident parking pass to be free. ... Town staff proposed that the current $15 fee for Island Resident Beach ...
Some residents have long claimed that these streets are private because the taxpayers in the Fire District pay "special taxes" to keep them private, but that is contrary to case law. See Kilmartin v. Barbuto, a 2017 Misquamicut Beach case that describes the public use of streets and ways to the shore.