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Crowds flock to Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly. ... The State Parks division at Rhode Island’s Department of ... Scarborough South State Beach. Parking passes are required at state beaches ...
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]
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.
Dune's Park Beach (private but open to public for fee) Seaside Beach Club Beach (members only) 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
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In 2012, Hurricane Sandy left beaches along the Westerly shoreline devastated and nearly unrecognizable, including Misquamicut. Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee stated that Misquamicut, a village of Westerly Rhode Island, was the New Jersey of Rhode Island, [b] referring to the amount of damage that was received in the State of New Jersey ...
Misquamicut State Beach: Westerly: Washington: 51 acres 21 ha: 1959: Beach pavilion opened in 1999; site of spring and fall music festivals Roger Wheeler State Beach: Narragansett: Washington: 27 acres 11 ha: 1929: Facilities redesigned and renovated in 1997 Salty Brine State Beach: Narragansett: Washington: 1.3 acres 0.53 ha: 1954: New beach ...