Westerly Sun — Watch Hill Lighthouse limits access after problems with rude people, large crowds

Jul 31

The new sign has been erected near the locked gate entrance to parking area at Watch Hill Light. Regular visitors in anglers report that they have been told that the gates have been locked recently due to reported overcrowding and littering in the lot. Visitors can still walk onto the grounds. Harold Hznka, the westerly sun

July 31, 2023

By Dale Faulkner — WESTERLY — Large crowds attributed to COVID-19, the summer heat, and our local pop mega-star have combined to force visitor limitations at the Watch Hill Lighthouse.

While pedestrian visitors to the historic lighthouse have full and normal access during regular hours of operation, vehicular traffic has been limited to weekends.

"We have had enormous trouble with crowds, difficult people, illegal all-day parking and visitors ignoring the no sanitation facilities and using the rocks. We had to hire a policeman two weekends ago to work alongside our security guard," said Ann Snowden Johnson, president of the Watch Hill Lighthouse Keepers Association Board, in recent comments sent by e-mail to The Sun.

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