Point Judith Pond with RICKA – July 25, 2026

Through the Narrows

With our shorter Great Island vacation this year, I couldn’t fit in my usual RICKA trip on Point Judith Pond, so I did it yesterday. This was posted as a flatwater trip, but I put it on the sea kayak message board as well.

Point Judith Pond, or the Great Salt Pond, is located along the border of Narragansett and South Kingstown, and is the second largest of the Rhode Island’s South County salt ponds. It is a shallow, four-mile long pond located behind the barrier beaches and sand dunes that form Point Judith. The pond is 20 miles around with many pretty islands and coves to explore.

Crossing to Dog Beach

We met in Marina Park at the hand-carried boat ramp next to the Point Judith Yacht Club at 10:00, and were on the water by 10:30. We had 8 boats – 7 kayaks, 1 canoe and a mix of flatwater and sea kayak paddlers. Skies were clear, winds were light from the east and the tide was coming in.

We headed out into the Upper Pond, paddled through the Narrows and out into Point Judith Pond. We checked out the osprey nest at Billington Cove and explored the islands and coves in the upper Point Judith Pond before heading to down to Gardner Island where we crossed the boat channel.

Heading out after lunch

We paddled past Beach Island and along Jonathan Island before paddling down the east side of Great Island. It was a little after 12:00 when we paddled into Galilee. We stayed out the boat channel and paddled across the harbor to Dog Beach for lunch.

After lunch, we crossed the boat channel and paddled up the west side of Great Island and Harbor Island, doing our best to avoid the boat traffic. We rounded Pine Tree Point, paddled through the Narrows and back down the Upper Pond. We were back at the put-in around 2:30.  Total distance - 9.3 miles.

The crew at Dog Beach

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