RV rental in Westerly, Rhode Island

RV planning is shaped by three anchors: Misquamicut State Beach (day-use only, no camping but the dominant Westerly beach draw), Burlingame State Park (8 mi east in Charlestown — primary RV camping), and Watch Hill (the affluent summer village where town parking rules are enforced aggressively from Memorial Day through Labor Day).

Westerly Code Chapter 248 prohibits on-street RV overnighting and Watch Hill Village (technically inside Westerly) has additional posted seasonal restrictions on Bay Street and Bluff Avenue. The Burlingame option is the realistic base — RI's largest campground with 700+ sites, freshwater lake setting, walking distance to the Atlantic at East Beach.

Across the Pawcatuck in Stonington CT, a renter has CT DEEP options (Rocky Neck SP, 20 mi east) and Mystic Seaport access — but cross-state transit reset propane refill and dump scheduling. Propane: AmeriGas Pawcatuck (1 mi west, technically CT) and Westerly Propane (3 mi north). Diesel: Cumberland Farms truck lane on Route 1 (Westerly). The Block Island Ferry alternative terminal is Quonset Point (35 mi north), not Galilee, for the year-round ferry. Best season is mid-June through mid-July and mid-September through October. Watch Hill becomes effectively a closed village July 4 week.

When to come

Best: Mid-June and mid-September through mid-October — water still 65-70F, low Watch Hill congestion.

Skip: July 4 week (Watch Hill saturation) and Labor Day weekend (Rhythm and Roots Festival).

Your first hour in Westerly

The mistake renters make

Driving a large Class A into Watch Hill village center expecting to find a curbside spot near the Bay Street shops Village access is effectively closed to large vehicles in summer; tow recovery and citation from Westerly PD is active

• Town of Westerly
• RI DEM State Parks
• Westerly Chamber of Commerce
• Town of Charlestown RI
• NWS Boston (coastal RI)