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Site Name: Olney Pond (Boat Ramp) - Lincoln Woods
Town: Lincoln
Driving Landmarks: From Route 146 North take the Twin River Road exit and turn left at the end of the ramp. From Route 146 South take the Twin River Road exit and turn right at the end of the ramp.
Follow Twin River Road into Lincoln Woods State Park and when you come to the T-junction just inside the park turn right. Follow this one-way road for 1.4 miles, past the large parking lot for the beach and on around the pond to where there is a marked turn-off on the left for the boat ramp. To get back out of the park you can continue to follow the one-way park loop road around the pond back to the entrance.
You can also get to the boat ramp by coming in the entrance from Route 123, Great Road.
ADA Accessible Boat Launch? no
Shoreline: cement plank boat ramp
Float/Dock: no
Hours of Operation: Sunrise to sunset, year-round (road near boat ramp closed in winter)
Parking: parking lot, 40 spaces, no overnight parking
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:Olney Pond is the 128 acre reservoir that forms the heart of Lincoln Woods State Park, a 627 acre park just a few miles north of downtown Providence. There are various places around the shoreline where hand carried boats could be launched, however, the best location is on the east side where there is cement plank boat ramp suitable for launching trailered boats as well as hand carried boats.
There is a 10 H.P. limit on all outboard motors used on the pond. No motors at all are allowed on holidays and weekends from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Despite its proximity to Rhode Island's major population centers, the pond is quite scenic with tree-lined shores, large boulders, rocky outcroppings, various small islands dotting the pond, and many small coves to explore. The park is popular at all times of year so this is not a place to get away from people on a nice weekend or even a nice summer weekday, but it is a pretty pond very close to Providence and the convoluted shoreline makes the pond feel larger than it is.
This area is stocked with trout several times throughout the year.
For more details see the full site report
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