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Moonstone Beach (Moonstone Beach Rd)
4.6★ · 113 Google ratings · South Kingstown, Rhode Island
✓ Parking✓ Short walk
At a glance
Parking
220 ft away · paid · fills up
Walk
270 ft · 1 min
Restrooms
None reported
Cost
Paid parking
Water
70°F · modelled, no buoy nearby
Tide
3 ft range today
Length
1.3 miles of shoreline
Sand
150 yd from the water to the back
Crowds
Quietest Thu 8am
Map of Moonstone Beach (Moonstone Beach Rd)
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1Parking220 ft from the listing
Guide
Good to know
Come for rock collecting
The beach is exceptional for finding smooth tumbled stones, moonstones, quartz, jasper, and granite pieces.
Go at low tide
The beach shrinks noticeably at high tide and becomes silty, while low tide exposes more of the rocky shoreline.
Visit October through March
April through September, most of the beach is roped off to protect nesting plovers, leaving only a narrow strip accessible.
Download the parking app beforehand
Non-residents pay $26-27 via app only during summer, and weekday parking may be free but the app is still required.
Expect no restrooms or facilities
The beach has no bathrooms, playgrounds, or services, so plan accordingly or use nearby South Kingstown beach.
Conditions
How it is right now
Air
71°F · partly cloudy
Water
70°F · modelled, no buoy nearby
Waves
2.2 ft · 6 s apart
Wind
6 mph from the WNW
Shelter
Cross-shore · wind running along the beach
UV index
7 peak today
| Time | Tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| 01:35 | High tide | ↑ |
| 06:58 | Low tide | ↓ |
| 14:10 | High tide | ↑ |
| 21:30 | Low tide | ↓ |
Last updated Sep 4, 12:58 PM.
Crowds
When it gets busy
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📍 Moonstone Beach Rd, South Kingstown, RI 02879
🅿 Parking 220 ft from the listing, Moonstone Beach Parking
🌊 Water 270 ft away, about 1 min walk
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Questions
Common questions
Where do you park at Moonstone Beach?
The nearest mapped parking area is 220 ft from the listed location. Positions come from OpenStreetMap, not from review text.
How far is the walk to the water at Moonstone Beach?
270 ft in a straight line from the listing to the mapped shoreline, about 1 min. Soft sand and dune make the real walk longer than the straight line.
Does Moonstone Beach have restrooms?
No restrooms are mapped within 600 m on OpenStreetMap. That means nobody has mapped any, which is not the same as there being none.
When is Moonstone Beach least busy?
Google visit patterns put the quietest hour at Thu 8am and the busiest at Sun 2pm.
Measured from OpenStreetMap, public aerial imagery and live conditions data, and counted from visitor reviews. Every source, in full.
