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Family friendly beaches in Rhode Island

Visitors at these 58 beaches in Rhode Island mention shallow or calm water. Each one shows how far you park and how far you then carry everything to the water.

• Ocean Beach ParkNew London · water 175 yd · parking 30 ft
• Narragansett Town BeachNarragansett · water 280 ft · parking 130 ft
• Scarborough State BeachNarragansett · water 70 ft
• East Matunuck State BeachSouth Kingstown · water 180 ft
• Eastern Point BeachGroton · water 80 ft · parking 290 ft
• Watch Hill BeachWesterly · water 110 ft · parking 125 yd
• Esker Point BeachGroton · water 100 ft · parking 200 ft
• Waterford Beach ParkWaterford · water 400 yd · parking 325 yd
• Horseneck BeachWestport · water 220 ft · parking 290 ft
• Ditch Plains BeachMontauk · water 170 ft · parking 170 ft
• Gooseberry BeachNewport · water 130 ft · parking 110 ft
• Kirk Park BeachMontauk · water 275 yd · parking 150 yd
• Dune's Park BeachWesterly · water 210 ft · parking 120 ft
• Grinnell's BeachTiverton · on the shoreline · parking 575 yd
• Goddard Memorial State Park BeachEast Greenwich · water 110 ft · parking 500 yd
• Third BeachMiddletown · water 180 ft · parking 400 yd
• Frederick J. Benson Town BeachNew Shoreham · water 130 ft · parking 70 ft
• Fogland BeachTiverton · water 70 ft
• South End Beach CompassNew Bedford · water 130 ft · parking 140 ft
• Bristol Town BeachBristol · water 200 ft · parking 125 yd
• Groton Beach & City RecreationGroton · water 170 ft · parking 200 ft
• Salty Brine State BeachNarragansett · water 110 ft · parking 60 ft
• Mackeral Cove BeachJamestown · water 50 ft · parking 50 ft
• Westerly Town BeachWesterly · water 200 ft · parking 30 ft
• Burrillville Spring Lake BeachGlendale · water not mapped
• Beach PondVoluntown · water 350 yd
• South Kingstown Town BeachSouth Kingstown · water 190 ft · parking 170 ft
• East Ferry BeachJamestown · water 270 ft · parking 525 yd
• West Island Town BeachFairhaven · water 310 ft
• Blue BeachNorth Kingstown · water 50 ft · parking 375 yd
• New Bedford's West BeachNew Bedford · water 190 ft · parking 225 yd
• Quonnie BeachCharlestown · water 110 ft
• Mattapoisett Town BeachMattapoisett · water 110 ft · parking 475 yd
• Barrington BeachBarrington · on the shoreline · parking 90 ft
• Matunuck BeachSouth Kingstown · water 125 yd · parking 90 ft
• Sandy Point BeachPortsmouth · water 120 ft · parking 190 ft
• Apponagansett BeachDartmouth · water 450 yd · parking 50 ft
• Kelly BeachNarragansett · water 260 ft · parking 225 yd
• Wuskenau Town BeachWesterly · water 190 ft · parking 250 yd
• Jim's Beach Misquamicut (Seasonal)Westerly · water 250 ft · parking 140 ft
• Green Harbor BeachNew London · on the shoreline · parking 180 ft
• Gin BeachMontauk · water 120 ft · parking 350 yd
• West Greenwich Sand DunesWest Greenwich · water 0.5 miles · parking 550 yd
• Brushneck Cove BeachWarwick · water 80 ft · parking 350 yd
• Buttonwood BeachWarwick · water 80 ft · parking 310 ft
• Sandy Point BeachEast Greenwich · on the shoreline
• Main Street Dock and BeachGroton · on the shoreline · parking 20 ft
• 3rd Beachwater 310 ft · parking 275 yd
• King Park BeachNewport · water 50 ft · parking 200 yd
• Peabody's BeachMiddletown · water 180 ft
• Goosewing Beach PreserveLittle Compton · water 90 ft · parking 240 ft
• Finn BeachVoluntown · on the shoreline
• Crescent BeachNew Shoreham · water 200 ft · parking 450 yd
• Frank Moody State BeachLincoln · water 1.0 miles · parking 175 yd
• Sand Hill Cove State BeachNarragansett · water 300 yd · parking 175 yd
• Oakland Beach CommonsWarwick · water 160 ft · parking 140 ft
• Baby BeachNew Shoreham · water 90 ft · parking 230 ft
• Plum Point BeachNorth Kingstown · on the shoreline

Distances are measured on OpenStreetMap; what visitors report is counted, never guessed. This list was last rebuilt on 24 September 2026. How we know this.

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