Date visited: 7/4/2022

It was probably a mistake going here on the 4th of July. I was unaware that the town of Bristol has an annual 4th of the July parade, right near this park. In fact, it is the oldest running 4th of July celebration in the country, and of course I randomly picked the 4th of July to visit! The roads were just re-opening as we arrived. This meant that the park was really busy! We planned to hike the loop trail defined in the All-Trails app, but we had to modify it a bit. There were not enough places for the dogs to get into the water to cool off, so we adjusted the route to stay in the shade as much as we could. It was just too busy here. We probably would have done better on a different day. We did get some great pictures, especially the one where the I got the seagull to pose along with the dogs!

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Date visited: 10/6/2022

This is a small park near a marina, featuring a grassy area and some war monuments. The south end of the East Bay Bike Path starts here as well. The paved walking path circles around the park.

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Date visited: 10/6/2022

See Also: Providence, East Providence, Barrington, Warren, Bristol

We walked the stretch of bike path from Independence Park to the "right of way" area about 2 miles north. This is the southern end of the bike path that runs all the way to Providence. This section traverses along side the coast, and past Colt Park. This is a scenic stretch, that was quite busy. It passes some businesses and restaurants. One of the restaurants had a guitarist playing live music as we passed. The "right of way" area I mentioned is interesting. It's a small area that is sandwiched between two parcels of private property. There are steps that lead right down to the water. Overall, this is one of the better streches of bike path that we have walked.

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