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Watch Hill, Rhode Island Guide |
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Visitors flock to Rhode Island's wonderful South County beaches, ignoring picturesque Watch Hill, a graceful Victorian town with fine beaches, a lighthouse and an antique carousel. |
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Watch Hill, a genteel late-19th-century Rhode Island town at the end of a peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pawcatuck River, is a sort of Newport-in-miniature: stately old homes (grand, but not palatial), yachts in the harbor (expensive, but not priceless), and a quiet gentility. Most visitors in search of a fine South County beach in Rhode Island rush to the better-known state beaches at Misquamicut and Narragansett Pier. Watch Hill has several fine beaches, a historic lighthouse, an antique carousel, decent restaurants, and a quiet, refined ambience. Visitors are not particularly encouraged. There are fewer than a half dozen inns and guest houses to stay for a night or a week, unless, of course, you own a summer home. Parking is strictly regulated in summer, which helps to limit the number of visitors. But it is precisely these limits and prohibitions that preserve Watch Hill's special atmosphere. The things to see and do are limited, but enjoyable. |
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Above, Watch
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