Winnapaug Pond

41°19′54″N 71°47′12″W / 41.331767°N 71.786734°W / 41.331767; -71.786734TypesalineBasin countriesUnited StatesMax. length2.5 mi (4.0 km)Surface area.7439 sq mi (1.927 km²)^[1]

Winnapaug Pond (also known as Brightman Pond^[2]) is a breached saltwater lagoon in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States, connected to Block Island Sound by the Weekapaug Breachway, which was constructed during the mid-1950s.^[3]^[4] The 2.5-mile (4.0 km) lake is separated from the Atlantic by a large sandbar.^[5]^[6] The Atlantic side of the sandbar is lined by beaches, including Misquamicut Beach, Atlantic Beach, and Westerly Town Beach. In 2010, its overall water quality was assessed as "good".^[7] Winnapaug is relatively small and shallow, and is favorable for kayaking.^[2] It is one of nine coastal lagoons, referred to as "salt ponds" by locals, in southern Rhode Island.^[8]^[9]

References

^ "National Assessment Database". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
^ ^a ^b "Winnapaug Pond". Salt Ponds Coalition. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
^ "Restore America's Estuaries 4th National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine" (PDF). Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council. 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
^ "South County icons". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
^ "Winnapaug Pond". The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
^ "Salt Ponds Region". Rhode Island Rivers Council. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
^ "2010 Waterbody Report for Winnapaug Pond". Retrieved 11 August 2012.
^ Donald Wyatt (1995). "Rhode Island's last execution". FAQs.org. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
^ S.W. Nixon and B. A. Buckley (2007). "Nitrogen Inputs to Rhode Island Coastal Salt – Too Much of a Good Thing" (PDF). Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. Retrieved 2009-05-25.

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Winnapaug Pond

Rhode Island's salt ponds

Point Judith Pond
Potter Pond
Trustom Pond
Cards Pond
Ninigret Pond
Green Hill Pond
Quonochontaug Pond
Winnapaug Pond
Maschaug Pond

v t e Waterbodies of Rhode Island
Bays and sounds	Block Island Sound Greenwich Bay Narragansett Bay Rhode Island Sound
Canals, estuaries, and rivers	Blackstone Canal Little Narragansett Bay Mount Hope Bay Pawcatuck River Thames River (Connecticut)
Lakes and ponds	Butterfly Pond Cards Pond Edgewood Lake Ell Pond Great Salt Pond Indian Lake Lake Bel Air Lake Mishnock Lake Washington Mashapaug Pond Maschaug Pond Ninigret Pond Point Judith Pond Potter Pond Quicksand Pond Quonochontaug Pond Roosevelt Lake Silver Lake Trustom Pond Wallum Lake Watchaug Pond Winnapaug Pond
Reservoirs	Burlingame Reservoir Diamond Hill Reservoir Miscoe Lake Scituate Reservoir