Chris’s guidebook
Food scene
Coast Guard House
40 Ocean RdVery classy, great views, fancy date!
Delicious food, great atmosphere, normal pricey New England place.
25 locals recommend
The Bike Stop Cafe
148 Boon StDelicious food, great atmosphere, normal pricey New England place.
Everything tastes really good here with some unique Options like a salmon burger and even simple things for kids like Mickey Mouse pancakes or waffles with fruit and whipped cream.
120 locals recommend
Crazy Burger Cafe and Juice Bar
144 Boon StEverything tastes really good here with some unique Options like a salmon burger and even simple things for kids like Mickey Mouse pancakes or waffles with fruit and whipped cream.
Beaches
Narragansett Town beach is free after Labor Day until memorial weekend and summer after 5 PM. Eight minute drive from our home.
Beautiful beach, free after Labor Day until Memorial Weekend and evenings in summer!
101 locals recommend
Narragansett Beach
39 Boston Neck RoadBeautiful beach, free after Labor Day until Memorial Weekend and evenings in summer!
Only a 6 minute drive or 15 minute bike ride, you can use our two adult bikes and plethora of kids bikes to get to one of the only free beaches year round. Small, usually very little waves so great for kids or if you simply want to relax without many people.
https://goo.gl/maps/pCFUfQRLswJtJC2r5
10 locals recommend
University State of Rhode Island - Bay Campus
215 S Ferry RdOnly a 6 minute drive or 15 minute bike ride, you can use our two adult bikes and plethora of kids bikes to get to one of the only free beaches year round. Small, usually very little waves so great for kids or if you simply want to relax without many people.
https://goo.gl/maps/pCFUfQRLswJtJC2r5
As I mentioned in another post you can take our 4 kayaks and use the little dolly (no straps needed, they balance once you put them on-we’ve taken 3, but you may get all 4 on if 2 people are holding them in place) to walk down 3 blocks to go kayaking in the Narrow river without time constraint ($125 savings for a 2 hour rental)!
Use the Narrow river kayak website to check tide times if you want to time the tide to kayak down towards the Narragansett Bay about 2 to 3 hours and then kayak back up the river with the tide coming in.
https://goo.gl/maps/chycTNbsEyV4UDc
6 locals recommend
Narrow River
As I mentioned in another post you can take our 4 kayaks and use the little dolly (no straps needed, they balance once you put them on-we’ve taken 3, but you may get all 4 on if 2 people are holding them in place) to walk down 3 blocks to go kayaking in the Narrow river without time constraint ($125 savings for a 2 hour rental)!
Use the Narrow river kayak website to check tide times if you want to time the tide to kayak down towards the Narragansett Bay about 2 to 3 hours and then kayak back up the river with the tide coming in.
https://goo.gl/maps/chycTNbsEyV4UDc
One more beautiful private beach that you can visit from after Sept Labor Day until May memorial weekend. If you don’t know the walking paths to enter the beach publicly after biking down there (you can leave the bikes in the tall reeds), you probably can’t get on in the summer.
Bonnet Shores Beach Club
175 Bonnet Point RdOne more beautiful private beach that you can visit from after Sept Labor Day until May memorial weekend. If you don’t know the walking paths to enter the beach publicly after biking down there (you can leave the bikes in the tall reeds), you probably can’t get on in the summer.
The playground was built brand new in 2020 so this is a fantastic park right next to the beach with local events from time to time, including our church, Legacy, had worship in the park here!
10 locals recommend
North Kingstown Town Beach
10 Beach StThe playground was built brand new in 2020 so this is a fantastic park right next to the beach with local events from time to time, including our church, Legacy, had worship in the park here!
Sightseeing
Rome point is also a favorite walk about a 10 minute drive north from our house, probably about a 15 minute walk down to the Narragansett Bay after you park At Rome point trail head.
https://goo.gl/maps/bdWdG6ZYucukvoK6A
10 locals recommend
Rome Point
Rome point is also a favorite walk about a 10 minute drive north from our house, probably about a 15 minute walk down to the Narragansett Bay after you park At Rome point trail head.
https://goo.gl/maps/bdWdG6ZYucukvoK6A
I highly recommend the 5-10 minute hike at Black Point Trailhead, off of Ocean Road.
Usually when you pull in to the parking lot you’ll just have to sit and wait in your parked car, but someone usually comes back within 3 to 8 minutes if there’s not a parking spot. It’s a short little walk to the ocean with gorgeous big rocks you can climb/walk along and if you go down to the right you can either climb down the rocks or stay on the trail a little further 5-10 min out to the point.
9 locals recommend
Black Point
I highly recommend the 5-10 minute hike at Black Point Trailhead, off of Ocean Road.
Usually when you pull in to the parking lot you’ll just have to sit and wait in your parked car, but someone usually comes back within 3 to 8 minutes if there’s not a parking spot. It’s a short little walk to the ocean with gorgeous big rocks you can climb/walk along and if you go down to the right you can either climb down the rocks or stay on the trail a little further 5-10 min out to the point.