I’m leading a RICKA trip on Sunday, and I was looking for a way to offer something different. Rather then putting in at Marina Park in the Upper Pond, I decided to put in at the Knowlesway Ext Waterfront Public Access Point. This starts us off in the lower part of the pond, which I find a lot more interesting. The the trip I am planning will take us around Great Island, and then head west to Snug Harbor and into Potter Pond.
From Potter Pond we would stop at the Ocean Ave Waterfront Public Access Point and cross over the barrier beach to have lunch at Matunuck Beach. I did that trip today and it took me about 3 hours.
Potter Pond, once known as Fish Pond because of its unusually productive fishery resources, is connected by a tidal inlet to Point Judith Pond. The southern end of the pond is characterized by sand flats created by wash-over from the barrier beach (East Matunuck State Beach) during hurricanes. The northern basin is a deep “kettle hole” left by retreating glaciers. No rivers flow into Potter Pond, but freshwater it provided by underground springs seeping in around the northern edges of the pond. With the exception of the villages of Snug Harbor to the east and Matunuck to the west, most of the land around Potter Pond is sparsely developed and maintains a sense of open space.
Potter Pond, once known as Fish Pond because of its unusually productive fishery resources, is connected by a tidal inlet to Point Judith Pond. The southern end of the pond is characterized by sand flats created by wash-over from the barrier beach (East Matunuck State Beach) during hurricanes. The northern basin is a deep “kettle hole” left by retreating glaciers. No rivers flow into Potter Pond, but freshwater it provided by underground springs seeping in around the northern edges of the pond. With the exception of the villages of Snug Harbor to the east and Matunuck to the west, most of the land around Potter Pond is sparsely developed and maintains a sense of open space.
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| Oyster farm on Potter Pond looking west to Matunuck |
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