Rhode Island Blueways Alliance
Paddling Clubs & Groups
- Southern New England Paddlers is a group for new paddlers and meets up every Wed. evening during paddling season to explore places all over RI and eastern Connecticut
Great Places to Paddle in Rhode Island
- ExploreRI has a great section on where to paddle in RI including watertrail maps, boat launches and even meetups
- RI DEM salt and freshwater boat launching sites in RI
- The Salt Ponds Coalition is the steward of RI's wonderful salt ponds. They have a great guide to kayaking South County's salt water ponds, including TKC's favorite, Ninigret Pond in Charlestown
- Local paddler Mike Krabach's KayakAccessRI site lists about 100 launch sites in southern New England
Paddling Associations
Other Resources
- Save the Bay has been helping protect RI's beautiful watersheds and coastlines since 1970. Their site is chock-full of great information and their annual Save the Bay Swim is usually in need of kayakers to help escort swimmers as they raise money to keep the Bay healthy.
The Kayak Centre of Rhode Island | 888.SEA.KAYAK