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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.
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Cooke wants to do the same along the three-mile stretch of Misquamicut Beach, which includes Misquamicut State Beach, the most popular in the state. He estimates the job would cost $24 million to ...
Some of the best beaches in Rhode Island aren’t technically beaches. They’re state management areas. Overseen by the Department of Environmental Management, they lack bathrooms, concession ...
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 ...