This second edition of Public Access to the Rhode Island Coast is updated from Lee, V. and P. Pogue. 1993. Public Access to the Rhode Island Coast. Rhode Island Sea Grant, Narragansett, R.I. 75pp.

I would like to thank Adam Zitello who, as a University of Rhode Island (URI) Coastal Fellow, visited the sites and photographed and catalogued them. His work was instrumental in capturing the breadth of information included in this guide. I would also like to thank Kevin Cute, Marine Resources Specialist, R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council, who, with tireless advocacy for public access to the coast, has helped to make this guide as inclusive and accurate as possible.

Special thanks goes to Wendy Andrews-Bolster for her many hours of painstaking work in designing this guide to be both beautiful and usable.

I also gratefully acknowledge the efforts of the following people in providing content and/or reviewing site listings and maps for accuracy.

Tom Ardito, Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
Kim Botelho, R.I. Department of Environmental Management
Theresa Burke
David Byrnes, R.I. Saltwater Anglers Association
Carl G. Carvell, Weekapaug Fire District
Michael Cassidy, Pawtucket Department of Planning and Redevelopment
Marilyn Cohen, North Kingstown Department of Planning
Betsy de Leiris, Norman Bird Sanctuary
James W. Farley, The Mount Hope Trust
Charlie Festa, University of Rhode Island
Lynn Furney, City of Cranston
Arthur Ganz, R.I. Department of Environmental Management
Dan Geagan, City of Warwick
Robert Gilstein, Town of Portsmouth
Geoff Grout, R.I. Economic Development Corporation
William Haase, Town of Westerly
Charlotte Johnson, Rose Island Lighthouse
Richard Kerbel, North Kingstown Harbor Management Commission
Bob Kilmarx, Barrington Conservation Land Trust
Mil Kinsella-Sullivan, Common Fence Point Improvement Association
Karen LaChance, R.I. Economic Development Corporation
Eugenia Marks, Audubon Society of Rhode Island
Steve Medeiros, R.I. Saltwater Anglers Association
Don Minto, Watson Farm
Bob Moeller, R.I. Saltwater Anglers Association
Larry Mouradjian, R.I. Division of Parks and Recreation
Bill Mulholland, Pawtucket Parks and Recreation Department
Lisa Nolan, Southeast Lighthouse Foundation
Andrew Nota, Narragansett Parks and Recreation Department
John O'Brien, R.I. Department of Environmental Management Division of Fish and Wildlife
Becky Pellerin, Town of North Kingstown
Michael Rubin, Rhode Island Special Assistant to the Attorney General
Bob Rutkiewicz, Warren Conservation Commission
Lee Schisler, Audubon Society of Rhode Island
Frances Segerson, R.I. Department of Transportation
Raymond Sousa, Town of Barrington
Lori Urso, Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association
Lee Whitaker, Town of East Greenwich
Tim Wolken, Town of South Kingstown
Sandra Wyatt, Barrington Conservation Land Trust

And thanks to Rhode Island Sea Grant staff for their assistance in preparation of this guide. Maps were adapted from base maps provided for the first edition by the URI Environmental Data Center.

Thanks to Celeste MacPhee who designed the web banners and clickable map on the homepage.

—Monica Allard Cox, Editor