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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: Tiogue Lake - Arnold Road
Alternate Site Name: Korea - Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park
Town: Coventry
Driving Landmarks: From I-95 north take Exit 7 for Coventry/West Warwick and go left at the end of the ramp. From I-95 south take Exit 7 for West Warwick and go right at the end of the ramp.
This will put you on New London Turnpike heading northeast. Go 0.3 miles and turn left onto Arnold Road. The put-in is 1.3 miles ahead on the right, across street from Cliff's Auto and Truck.
ADA Accessible Boat Launch? no
Shoreline: The ground slopes gradually from a concrete sidewalk down to the grassy and sometimes muddy water edge.
Float/Dock: no
Approximate Length of Carry between Car Access and Water: 50 feet
Hours of Operation: Sunrise to sunset, year-round
Parking: on street, 15 spaces
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:This put-in is on a busy road but it provides plenty of roadside parking a short distance from the launch site, which is simply the natural shoreline of the lake at a small city park. There is a nice large area to load and unload boats. Tiogue Lake is a 226 acre reservoir with various bays and coves to explore but also a large open area 1/2 mile wide by almost a mile long. The shoreline is largely lined with houses. Tiogue Lake is stocked with trout several times during the spring.
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.