Walking Rhode Island columnist John Kostrzewa never runs out of ways to inform and entertain readers while taking them along on his woodland rambles around the Ocean State. This year, he’s covered a lot of ground, from the site of a long-abandoned summer camp for kids in Exeter, to the former dumping ground that’s now a beautiful park in North Kingstown, to a coastal Narragansett preserve with a link to the devastating Hurricane of 1938.
Join us as we recap some of John’s most-read columns of 2024. And you can explore more of his adventures in his book, “Walking Rhode Island: 40 Hikes for Nature and History Lovers with Pictures, GPS Coordinates and Trail Maps,” taken from his pieces in the Providence Sunday Journal.
New to hiking? Check out John’s tips for staying safe and comfortable on the trails .
Beach Pond Camp was a haven for city kids in the 1930s. Now you can explore its eerie ruins
EXETER – The first clue that something once existed deep in the woods here is a towering, rusted water tank shrouded by the trees that have grown up around it. Other evidence includes concrete foundations, a tall stone chimney and several dilapidated, rotted-wood cabins.