Trips: Narrow River
Queen's River Wood River Pawcatuck River Great Swamp Narrow River
The abundance of shorebirds, ducks and fish is fantastic!! If you’re looking for an absolutely wonderful way to start your day this is it! The early mornings in the refuge are always calm & beautiful, the foraging birds always abundant.
Pettaquamscutt Cove & the Narrow River, Narragansett - Route 1A.
Often seen birds include: Great blue herons, green herons, great & snowy egrets, red-shouldered hawk, double-crested cormorants, osprey, least and semipalmated sandpipers, greater yellowlegs, plovers, gulls, yellow warblers, red-winged blackbirds, common terns, American black duck, if we're lucky an American kestrel and quite a few other shorebirds. Being so close to them in their natural environment is always exciting.
Paddle througn some of the 150 acres of tidal marshes, sand flats and grasslands, shrublands and estuaries on the southeastern shore of the Narrow River.
Three minutes up the road from Naragansett Beach, this area is so great to explore and it is considered a Birding Hot Spot in RI. High tide allows you to get into more areas. Paddling during low tides allows you to jump out on the sand bars that no one on shore can reach.
Directions Option 1: Maps - maps.google.com/maps
Narrow River & Pettaquamscutt Cove, Narragansett. Heading north in the River, not towards the ocean. We meet you just down the road from Narragansett Beach on Route 1A.
Travel North on Route 1A: (Boston Neck Rd.) Approx. one mile from Narragansett Beach. Just past the Dunes club, up the hill on the left is the parking area for the John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge.
Directions Option 2: Map - maps.google.com/maps
A little bit further north in South Kingstown at the Hannah Robinson Tower at Rte. 1 & Bridgetown Road.
From Route 1: Take Bridgetown Road down the hill. At the bottom of hill, at the bend in the road make a right onto Middlebridge Rd. Just after the grassy park/playground area on your right, make a left onto Pollack Avenue.
