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Ninigret Park (Town)

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Charlestown Milky Way
Photo by Dave Kerber

Owned by the Town of Charlestown since 1979, the land was formerly part of the Charlestown Naval Auxiliary Landing Field and was then proposed as the site of a Nuclear Power Plant before the U. S. General Services Administration (GSA) transferred the property to the town in two pieces. One 175 acre parcel went to the Town as a gift, and the other 55 acre parcel was purchased from GSA. GSA made transfer of lands to the Town subject to an obligation that subsequent uses on Town property be consistent with management of the Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge, which the Town park is contiguous with.

The park has many active recreation facilities such as a children’s playground, ball fields, bicycle course, tennis and basketball courts, a freshwater swimming pond, and more. You can walk and bike on roads, the old airstrips, and some natural trails.

The park enjoys the darkest skies in Rhode Island and much of the eastern seaboard, and is home to the Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center where the public is invited to see the stars and planets with telescopes every Friday night.

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Ninigret Park is located off of Rt. 1A.

Google Map at 41.374520, -71.665859

Public Recreation/Conservation Areas in Charlestown Rhode Island

Hikers on a Charlestown, Rhode Island trail

Table of Recreation Activities

Photo of the Pawcatuck River in the Sprague Preserve

Patricia Sprague Forest Preserve

Photo of Tucker's farm field with forest beyond

Tucker Woods Preserve

Photos of butterflies on goldenrod in the Carter Preserve

Francis C. Carter Memorial Preserve

Photo of frog swimming in the Great Swamp

Great Swamp Wildlife Management Area

Photo of a dragonfly

Pasquiset Pond Preserve

Photo of horses on a South Farm trail

South Farm Preserve

Photo of ferns

Richard Trails

Photo of a Yellow Warbler

Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge Lewis Trail

Photo of Mill Pond

Mill Pond Preserve

Photo of School House Pond

School House Pond Preserve

Photo of deer in Charlestown, RI

Burlingame Park & Management Area

Photo of Watchaug Pond

Kimball Wildlife Refuge

Photo of the Moraine Preserve

Charlestown Moraine Preserve

Photo of a frog

Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge Kettle Pond

Photo of Sandpipers

Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge Salt Pond

Photo of Mud Cove in winter

Pawaget Park

Photo of a Charlestown Milky Way

Ninigret Park (Town)

Photo of two women walking on East Beach

Ninigret Conservation Area

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Charlestown Breachway

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Charlestown Beach

Photo of a Kayaker on Watchaug Pond

Local Boat Launches

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Location Map for Charlestown Open Space Parking and Access

Monarch Butterfly

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