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This mapper will help you locate boat launches and other points of interest to for small boat recreation throughout the state of Rhode Island. To get started, click anywhere on the map to zoom in on that area. To zoom out use the zoom control to the left of the map. Once you have zoomed in, boat launches and other points of interest will show up on the map as clickable red icons (see the key below the map). Click on an icon to get more information about that location. If you prefer to search by criteria or simply look up a site by name, try the boat launch search page. If you have a high-speed Internet connection (e.g., DSL or Cable), you may want to try our Google-based mapping system which also includes sites in the Narragansett Bay Watershed in Massachusetts.
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Site Name: Belleville Pond
Alternate Site Name: Ryan Park
Town: North Kingstown
Driving Landmarks: From Route 4 take Exit 2A and go east on Route 102 for 2.6 miles, then turn south on Route 1. Go 0.8 miles on Route 1 and turn right onto Oak Hill Road. The boat ramp is in Ryan Park, which is 0.6 miles ahead on the right. Stay left on the loop road and follow the signs in the park to find the boat ramp.
ADA Accessible Boat Launch? no
Shoreline: gravel
Float/Dock: no
Parking: parking lot
ADA Accessible Parking Spaces? no
Water 'Features' At Site: lake/reservior
Note: Because one boat launch can access, say, both a lake and a river or both the upstream and downstream portions of a river, not all paddling trips at a given site will necessarily encounter all of the features listed.
Comments & Overview:Belleville Pond is a 108 acre pond with largely forested and often marshy shorelines. The shallow waters make the pond highly productive biologically, which in turn makes it attractive to wildlife and especially birds, however there have also been recent problems with high phosphorus levels in the pond, which can create excessive algae growth in the summer. There are many coves and islands explore in a small boat. The boat ramp is at Ryan Park, a North Kingstown town park. There is a parking lot at the boat ramp and the ramp itself is just the natural gravel shoreline of the pond. From the boat ramp, head northwest to find the narrow passage (with a bridge over it) that leads to the main body of the pond. Belleville Pond is restricted to non-motorized boats and boats powered by an electric motor and the extensive vegetation growing in the pond would make it hard to use motors anyway.
For more details see the full site report
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Credits: The data for the base maps was provided by the Rhode Island Geographic Information System (RIGIS) and the Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS), Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. The site data came from numerous sources and organizations. Much of it was collected through the hard work of volunteers for various conservation, watershed and outdoor recreation groups around the state of Rhode Island.