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check the views from the beach nearby

check the views from the beach nearby, North Kingstown

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Smith's Castle (Cocumscussoc)

Smith's Castle (Cocumscussoc), North Kingstown

 grandmaR Says:  When we lived in RI, we visited Smith's Castle which is one of the oldest houses in RI. It is a saltbox house on Mill Cove and Cocumscussoc Brook. The house address is Wickford and there is an additional tip at the URL below. That tip has a link to a map.Richard Smith's... 

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Budget Inn North Kingstown

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Local Customs  

18th Century Garden

18th Century Garden, North Kingstown

 grandmaR Says:  This traditional garden that we saw in the 1970s looks quite different today. The URI Master Gardeners have transformed it into an 18th Century Garden, by growing many of the same plants that would have been present in a similar garden during the 18th Century. Sustainable... 

Off The Beaten Path  

Sustainable Landscaping.

Sustainable Landscaping., North Kingstown

 grandmaR Says:  Admission to the Castle grounds is free and they are open for picnicing. When we went there were flower borders around the lawns in front of the house. Now, the Castle gardens and grounds use sustainable landscaping methods overseen by the URI Master Gardeners. In this area... 

Plum Beach Lighthouse

Plum Beach Lighthouse, North Kingstown

 grandmaR Says:  To make the passange to Providence along the west side of Narragansett Bay safer, this 54 foot tall cast-iron lighthouse was built using the pnuematic caisson method There are only 11 lighthouses built by this way. The fourth order Fresnel lens was illuminated on July 1,... 

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School Tours - Smith's Castle

School Tours - Smith's Castle, North Kingstown

 grandmaR Says:  Since it has been over 32 years since our family went to Smith's Castle, I just have a few slides to jog my memory of what we saw there. Somewhere I have a picture of my two girls next to a lifesized doll dressed as a colonial child.In order to give some idea of what it is... 

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 Since it has been over 32 years since our family went to Smith's Castle, I just have a few slides to jog my memory of what we saw there. Somewhere I have a... 

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Narragansett Bay

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 I've got some interesting experiences in North Kingstown. I'd love to share with you the 5 tips I've written, the 6 photos uploaded, and 0 travelogues I've created. 

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Many men remember Quonset/Davisville~No.Kingstown

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  Quonset - Davisville were two enormous military bases developed during WWII. The Seabees were at Davisville...next door to Quonset where the Navy housed air craft carriers, picket ships, and an... 

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