Point Judith Pond with RICKA - July 26, 2023

Paul heading out from Marina Park

I had to reschedule Sunday’s Point Judith trip due to family obligations. We decided to do a mid-week trip on Wednesday. The forecast was for a hot day with winds from the south. We had 6 boats – all kayaks.

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.

Lunch at the beach

The weather was hot with a slight breeze as we met at the town boat ramp at Marina Park. We headed out into the Upper Pond, paddled through the Narrows and out into Point Judith Pond. We explored the coves on the west side of the pond on the way to Gardner Island where we crossed the boat channel. We paddled across the top of Great Island and stopped at the cottage for a picture before heading down the east side of Great Island into Galilee to avoid the wind.

We paddled across the top of Galilee and crossed back over the boat channel near Snug Harbor to have lunch at the beach in Jerusalem. Since the wind was blowing from the south we crossed the boat channel again returned up the west side of Great Island. With the wind to our backs, the return trip went much faster. Eight miles total – everyone did great.

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