Narrow River in RI

Paddlers' Place
#1

It has been a while since I’ve had my sea kayak out, so it was nice to get out yesterday on the Narrow River.

The Narrow River, also known as the Pettaquamscutt River, forms the boundary between the towns of Narragansett, South Kingstown and North Kingstown in RI. It’s called the Narrow River, but it is actually a 6-mile long tidal estuary connected to Narragansett Bay by a narrow channel above the Narragansett Town Beach.

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We did the full monty – 12-miles up and back including the beach at Cormorant Point. Few pictures here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/eckilson/albums/72177720329601065

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#2

It looks like a very nice paddle route. Were you able to time it with the tide to go both ways with the current?

#3

Not really - high tide at the beach was 11:30. i didn’t realize that it takes about 3-hours for the tide to change upstream. We put in around 10:30 near the beach, so we were paddling against the tide (and into a into a headwind) most of the way back down. Glad I had my sea kayak and not my solo canoe. :wink: