Date visited: 7/17/2022

This might have been just an ordinary walk int he woods, but volunteers have taken the extra steps to make this place a little bit more than that. There are signs that they created all along the way describing the plant life and history of the area. The first part of the trail that leads from the parking lot to the pond features 30 hand made poop shovels strategically placed along the trail. The sign on the main information board instructs dog walkers to "Launch it far off this laneway with a dog shovel". I've never seen that before on a trail! Evidently this a popular place with dog walkers. In fact, we witnessed a man flinging floating balls into the big pond for his dog to fetch. Mandy and Lexi will walk into a pond, maybe lay down to cool off, but they don't want anything to do with being out over their heads!

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Date visited: 9/24/2022

We stopped here on our way back from our trip to Gooseberry Neck, so I could get some additional steps. This spot consists of some wide dirt roads, as well as some standard trails that loop around. Some of the trails were overgrown. We mostly stayed on the well worn wide paths. This is a popular place dog walking place, and not all of them are always leashed. We encountered a nice woman at the start of our walk who thanked me for having the dogs on the leash.

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Date visited: 1/8/2023

Little Compton was the last town in Rhode Island with beach front (either the ocean or the bay), that we had not been to the shore. We almost didn't make it. The beach was technically closed, at least the parking lot was. A local told me that the last storm did a lot of damage and the parking lot has been worn away and needs to be rebuilt. Luckily, P.T. Marvell Preserve is near by, so we parked there and took a connecting trail that led straight to the beach. The real gem is supposedly Goosewing Beach Preserve, which can only be accessed from South Shore Beach. Unfortunately, there was no way to reach it without passing through a shin-deep stream. If it was 20 degrees warmer, I probably would have gone through, but I guess we'll have to save that for another time.

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Date visited: 1/8/2023

This nature preserve is about a tenth of mile from South Shore Beach. We parked here and took a connecting trail to the beach, but we also checked out the preserve as well. There are mowed trails through a field with some woods on the outskirt. It's actually a pretty nice short walk around the preserve. There is an observation tower with a view of the beach, and surrounding marsh lands.

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