High Banks

On Wood River

The Wood River is a river about 25 miles long in Connecticut and Rhode Island and a major tributary of the Pawcatuck River. Its source is in swamps in Sterling, Connecticut. It flows southeast to Hazard Pond, where it crosses into Rhode Island, and then passes over Stepstone Falls and through Beach Pond State Park, where the Flat River joins it. Locally, the stretch above Stepstone Falls is called the Falls River. Below the Flat River, the Wood runs south through the Arcadia Management Area and the villages of Wyoming and Hope Valley. It forms the border between Richmond and Hopkinton and joins the Pawcatuck at Alton. The river drains about 90 square miles and has eight dams. On March 12, 2019, the whole river, from its headwaters to the Pawcatuck, was designated part of the Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers system. More about Wood River.

Community

Where people who use Wood River talk about it.

• Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association Association
• Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Council Association
• Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association (Facebook) Facebook
• Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers (Facebook) Facebook
• WPWA River Conditions Report Link
• WPWA Paddling Route Maps Link
• Search Reddit: r/RhodeIsland Reddit
• Search all of Reddit for Wood River, Rhode Island Reddit

Nearby launches

• Wood River @Rte 165 · 0.6 mi · Wood River
• Browning Mill Pond Carry-in Access · 1.6 mi · Browning Mill Pond
• Roaring Brook Pond Carry-in Access · 1.8 mi · Roaring Brook
• Barberville · 1.9 mi · Wood River
• Breakhart Pond Carry-in Access · 2.2 mi · Breakheart Pond
• Moscow Pond · 3.2 mi · Moscow Brook