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Southern New England Ocean Views

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

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Off season at Gooseberry Island, Westport, MA

In southern New England we are lucky to have a number of sections of coastline that are open to the public and easily accessible. My family heads to the coast for day trips, including Rhode Island and Connecticut since we are so close to the borders of both these states, mostly in the swing seasons (spring and fall). We choose coastal winter walks when other areas are likely to have ice-filled paths. Visiting in the swing seasons and even the dead of winter helps us avoid heat, bugs, traffic, and crowds that make summer coastal visits not so much fun for us.

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Napatree Conservation area, Westerly, RI

Napatree Conservation Area, Watch Hill, Westerly, RI

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

Call us contrarian, but we much prefer visiting beaches almost any other time than summer. Off season, beaches are uncrowded, parking is much less problematic, and you are quite likely to spot migrating waterfowl just off shore. For all these reasons and more we set off on a brisk, windy, March day to explore Napatree Conservation Area at Watch Hill, Westerly, RI. The Watch Hill Conservancy holds a conservation easement for this area. Here’s a link that can answer many frequently asked questions about Napatree.

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