Centrally located Narragansett Town Beach draws thousands of visitors and residents during the summer months.
Credit: Alex Gagne
In its ongoing “Could You Live Here?” series, Yankee highlights towns with a small population but plenty to offer in terms of quality of life. For the July/August 2017 issue, the focus was on Narragansett, RI, with photographs by Alex Gagne. Please enjoy this collection of some of our favorite images from that shoot, including the South County Museum, Crazy Burger, Narragansett Town Beach, and more.
Exterior of the North Pavilion, adjacent to the town beach in Narragansett, RI. Beach passes are available to the public for daily or seasonal use. Credit: Alex GagneThe centrally located town beach in Narragansett, RI, draws thousands of visitors and residents during the summer months. Credit: Alex GagneCrazy Burger in Narragansett, RI, has a menu to please both carnivores and vegetarians. It includes a salmon burger praised by Guy Fieri on an episode of Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives. Credit: Alex GagneJust north of Scarborough Beach, Black Point is ideal for fishing and surfing or short hikes along pathways that hug the Narragansett, RI, coastline. Credit: Alex GagneThe Towers, built in the 1880s, was part of a thriving casino until it was destroyed by fire in the early 1900s. Today the Towers has been reinvented as an event venue offering ballroom dance lessons and live music every week. Credit: Alex GagneClassic shingled and clapboard homes line a street near the Narragansett town center. Credit: Alex GagneBuilt as a tribute to Rhode Island’s rural and coastal heritage, South County Museum offers visitors the chance to see artisans at work in the blacksmith shop as well as the print shop. Credit: Alex GagneA vintage railway desk in the Metz Exhibit Hall at the South County Museum. Credit: Alex GagneSurfing instructor Abby Ellis takes in the late-day summer sunset from a section of the sea wall along Ocean Drive. Credit: Alex Gagne
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Heather Marcus is the senior photo editor for Yankee. She works closely with the art director and contributing photographers to tell our stories about people and place in a compelling way. Living and growing up in New England, she continues to be inspired by the communities, the landscape, and the wonderful visual opportunities the region affords.
The sea wall faces the east so Abby must have been up early for a classic ‘Gansett sunrise.
Love these articles about what was my home. It’s always close to my heart. I save the pictures and helps to take a me talk trip there.
That has to be sunrise at the sea wall. Everyone knows it faces due East.
Lived in North Kingston and Wickford back in the late 60’s. RI is a little place of heaven…no other place like it…my best home.
I now live on the West Coast and I sure miss the many summer afternoons I spent on the beautiful Rhode Island beaches years ago.