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Charlestown
IS NAMED AFTER KING CHARLES II, AND WAS INCOPERATED IN 1738. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 60 ACRES OF WHICH APPROXIMATELY 37 SQUARE MILES OF IT IS LAND AND THE REST 22.5 SQUARE MILES IS WATER. SO THIS SPECIAL PLACE , STILL PRISTINE AND NON COMMERCIAL; IS JUST ANOTHER ONE OF SOUTH COUNTIES SECRETS. CHARLESTOWN HAS 4 BEACHES : 7 MILES OF PRISTINE WHITE SANDY BEACHES OFFER SWIMMING , KAYAKING, CLAMMING, BIRD WATCHING ,JET SKIING AND FISHING TO NAME A FEW OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. BLUE SHUTTERS TOWN BEACH : IS A FAMILY ORIENTED BEACH TOWN OWNED AND MANAGED. LIFE GUARDS ON DUTY. EAST BEACH : AN UNSPOILED BARRIER BEACH 3MILES LONG. LIMITED PARKING SO ON A NICE SUMMER DAY EARLIER THE BETTER. CHARLESTOWN TOWN BEACH. A CLASSIC ARRAY OF COTTAGES ON STILTS LINE THE EDGE OF THE DUNES AND FRAME THE SANDY BEACH. PARKING IS GOOD AND LIFE GUARDS ON DUTY. QUONNOCONTAUG BEACH : IS ONE OF THE FEW PRIVATELY OWNED BEACHES IN RI.SWIMMING AREAS ARE RESTICTED TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND A BEACH PASS IS NEEDED. CHARLESTOWN IS ONLY 10 MILES EAST OR WEST TO SOUTH KINSTOWN OR WESTERLY WHICH HAVE CONVIENCES SUCH AS SHOPPING AND LOCAL GROCERY STORES.
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CHARLESTOWN - RI.
