Outdoors RI: Hiking to be improved at Black Point at Narragansett overlook
Photo: See Narragansett The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) are announcing a project to improve much-used coastal access trails at Black Point, overlooking the bay in Narragansett, is set to start in March, weather permitting. Costing around $90,000, the work aims to limit erosion on parts of the rutted, packed-dirt paths and improve access with the installation of timber steps at a heavily trafficked fishing and sightseeing area, while minimizing impacts to the sensitive shoreline habitat surrounding the trails. DEM and TNC are sequencing the work so that the existing trail area will remain largely open to the public for use while a new trail footprint is set in an area about 800 feet southeast from the parking area, located at the trailhead at 655 Ocean Rd. Located a mile north of Scarborough State Beach, Black Point is a free, DEM-managed, public fishing access area that is used by recreational anglers fishing for specie...