Please share your photos of Charlestown’s natural areas with us. Send your photos to charlestowncitizens@gmail.com and we’ll add them to these galleries and give you attribution.
Click on any photo to open a gallery for that park. Follow the linked name of the park to learn more and find directions.
Patricia Sprague Forest Preserve
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Francis C. Carter Memorial Preserve
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Fred Baker
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Meadow in the Carter Preserve
Meadow in the Carter Preserve
Hiking the meadow in Carter
Meadow in the Carter Preserve
January in the Carter Preserve
Ice House Pond in the Carter Preserve
January in the Carter Preserve
January hike in the Carter Preserve
January in the Carter Preserve
January hike in the Carter Preserve
January hike in the Carter Preserve
Ice House Pond in the Carter Preserve
Great Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Pasquiset Pond Preserve
Photo by Frances Topping
Reindeer moss – Frances Topping
South Farm Preserve
Photo by Frances Topping
North Field by Cliff Vanover
South Field by Cliff Vanover
Photo by Fred Baker
Photo by Fred Baker
Photo by Fred Baker
Butterfly weed – Frances Topping
North Field – Frances Topping
Sheep Barn – Frances Topping
Monarch on Butterfly weed – Frances Topping
Monarch on Butterfly weed – Frances Topping
Sauna chimney – Frances Topping
Ladies Tresses – Frances Topping
North Field – Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Historical cemetery – Frances Topping
Historic gravestone – Frances Topping
Richard Trails
Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge Lewis Trail
Mill Pond Preserve
Photo by Cliff Vanover
Photo from Charlestown Land Trust
Photo by Fred Baker
Photo by Fred Baker
Photo by Fred Baker
Photo by Fred Baker
Photo by Fred Baker
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
School House Pond Preserve
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Cliff Vanover
Burlingame State Park and Wildlife Management Area
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Cliff Vanover
Photo by Cliff Vanover
Photo by Cliff Vanover
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Watchaug Pond beach – Frances Topping
Burlingame campsite – Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Charlestown Moraine Preserve
Photo by Cliff Vanover
Photo by Cliff Vanover
Photo by Cliff Vanover
Photo by Cliff Vanover
Photo by Cliff Vanover
Photo by Cliff Vanover
Mountain Laurel – Frances Topping
Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge North (Kettle Pond)
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge South (Salt Pond)
Photo by Cliff Vanover
Photo by Cliff Vanover
Photo by Fred Baker
Photo by Fred Baker
Ducks by Frances Topping
Osprey by Frances Topping
Yellow Warbler by Frances Topping
Wood Ducks and Mallards – Peter Herstein
Wood Ducks and Mallards – Peter Herstein
Photo by Frances Topping
Frosty Drew Student birding at Grassy Point
Frosty Drew students seining in Ninigret Pond
Frosty Drew students seining in Ninigret Pond
Salt Pond Panorama by Scott MacNeill
Salt Pond Sunset by Scott MacNeill
Ninigret NWR Sunset by Scott MacNeill
Ninigret Pond – Frances Topping
Ninigret Park
Photo by Dave Kerber
Frosty Drew Observatory Halo by Scott MacNeill
Frosty Drew Milky Way by Scott MacNeill
Frosty Drew Milky Way by Scott MacNeill
Frosty Drew Milky Way by Scott MacNeill
Frosty Drew Aurora by Scott MacNeill
Frosty Drew Lunar Halo by Scott MacNeill
Laser to Saturn by Scott MacNeill
Little Nini Pond by Scott MacNeill
New Year’s Eve Bonfire by Scott MacNeill
Snowy Stargazing by Scott MacNeill
Road to Orion by Scott MacNeill
Venus, Mars, and Crescent Moon by Scott MacNeill
Little Nini Pond – Frances Topping
Little Nini Pond – Frances Topping
Frosty Drew Sunset by Scott MacNeill
Pawaget Park
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Ninigret Conservation Area
Photo by Cliff Vanover
Photo by Cliff Vanover
Photo by Cliff Vanover
Photo by Frances Topping
Willet by Frances Topping
Sandpipers by Frances Topping
Sandpipers – Dan Slattery
Sandpipers – Dan Slattery
Sandpipers – Dan Slattery
Gulls – Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Charlestown Breachway
Thunderstorm approaching Charlestown Breachway by Scott MacNeill
Thunderstorm over Breachway and NWR by Scott MacNeill
Charlestown Breachway Storm Tide by Scott MacNeill
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Frances Topping
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Charlestown Beach
Cresent Moon Rising over Charlestown Beach by Scott MacNeill
Photo by Frances Topping
Exposed ship – Frances Topping
Exposed ship – Frances Topping
Surf fishing – Frances Topping
Surf fishing – Frances Topping
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
Photo by Dan Slattery
